Stepping Out.

Jesus is dead. The main disciples are scattered and some are even denying Christ. We have failed.

These must have been some of the thoughts going through the followers of Jesus minds. Everything they had hoped for seemingly was lost. Their hope for Jesus to be the Messiah seems to have been stabbed through the heart. This is the situation we see in John 19:38-42.

Now in most normal situations, one would think that you would have the die hards, the radicals still standing up for Jesus. His closest friends would be rallying to the call and if there was anybody who wasn't zealously committed to Jesus, they would be the ones to fall away. But this situation is different, because we see two men, who followed from a distance, come forward and step totally into following Jesus in His death.

We see two members of the Jewish ruling council as the ones to step up and follow through with Jesus' death. This was the end of Joseph's and Nicodemus' (remember him?) association with the Jewish council because they have stepped up and shown their allegience to Christ.

Are you willing to step out from those things you may be associated with today to stand with Christ?