Proverbs 20

***Proverbs 20***

Verse 30: "Blows and wounds cleanse away every evil, and beatings purge the inmost being."

I am reminded of a t-shirt I once saw that said "Beatings will continue until morale improves." It's such a ridiculous statement that it makes us laugh. Evil isn't purged away by beating people... children don't learn to be good because they are beaten, they just learn not to get caught the next time.

Solomon lived in a different time though... a time when justice had a far different definition. People were not sent to prison for a specified amount of time based on their crime, they were beaten, maimed, or killed.

While this text may not relate perfectly for our context, it is the perfect text for Good Friday. The day that the beating and crucifixion of one man cleansed a whole world of sinners. And while our inmost beings are still stained by sinful desires, the blood that he shed protects us from the beatings we deserve.

What Jesus went through was terrible... I put this video here so that we can all undertand the magnitude of the day. I understand if you don't want to watch it, but I encourage you to do so.