The Passion and Worthless Words

Luke 22:14-23:56 - I don't know about y'all, but sometimes it feels like words just don't have meanings anymore. Words like "justice," "save," "defend," and "fix" are used to describe injustice, persecution, abandoning and ruining. Folks in power throwing around worthless words is nothing new, though. In fact, in addition to everything else that Jesus endured in the Passion account, worthless words from the disciples, his accusers, Pilate, Herod, and those who tortured him to death stung Jesus as he journeyed to the grave. So, then, do we give up on the power of words entirely? No, Jesus shows the worthlessness of the words of others by his own, true, life-giving words.