In Part 4 of the Path to Redemption series, we arrive at the cross. And what happens here doesn't just tell us about what Jesus endured — it tells us about every heart that was present. Because how people responded to Jesus in his darkest moment revealed exactly who they were and what they really believed.

The crowd chose Barabbas over Jesus. A guilty murderer over an innocent savior. It wasn't the first time people had traded the real thing for a cheap substitute — and it won't be the last. We're still doing it today. Career. Comfort. Politics. Religion. We commit to all kinds of things and sometimes never fully surrender to Jesus Christ.

The religious leaders and soldiers mocked him. They said if you're really the king, save yourself. But here's the irony they missed entirely: if Jesus had saved himself, he could not have saved us. What looked like weakness was God's rescue plan unfolding — foreknown before the foundations of the world.

And then there was one man. Nailed to a cross beside Jesus. No time for good works. No time to clean up his life. No time to get religious. All he could do was repent and ask for mercy. And Jesus said, today you will be with me in paradise.

The ground is level at the foot of the cross. You are not saved because you're good enough. You are saved because God is perfectly and eternally good.

Join us at New Horizons Christian Church — 11340 Howey Cross Rd, Clermont, FL — as we continue the Path to Redemption and walk toward Resurrection Sunday.