Reposting daily through Easter – excerpts from The Cross He Bore by Frederick S. Leahy
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”
But Jesus remained silent....
Matthew 26:62-63
All too often Christ’s silence has been given a dangerous one-sidedness, as his passive obedience is stressed almost, if not altogether, to the exclusion of his active obedience.
Christ’s silence was deliberate, emphatic and authoritative: it was his deed.
The passivity of his suffering was real, but so was the activity of his obedience. Led as a lamb to the slaughter and like a sheep dumb before the shearers, he was active right up to and on the cross.
He went as a king to die.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
When needed, use silence as active obedience.
- More from The Dumb Lamb
