Showing posts with label salvation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salvation. Show all posts
He is Risen!
Hallelujah! Today is a glorious day. One to be spent praising and glorifying our risen Savior!
I've been reading each gospel's account of the Passover, the crucifixion, the empty tomb and the resurrection, and I really want to encourage you all to do the same. Each passage is found in:
Matthew chapter 26 through chapter 28, Mark chapter 14 through chapter 16, Luke chapter 22 though chapter 24, and John chapter 18 through 21.
I also think it is neat, how that account ends each of those books.
I considered posting one of these accounts, telling of the magnificent story that never grows old, but there is so much to it, that I wouldn't be able to for various reasons.
One thing I do want to add, as you read through those books, is something that Jesus Christ 'told' me that made reading through them, even more fascinating, and...amazing.
"I didn't die on the cross that others might believe, but to die for the sins of the nation, to save them from eternal damnation. That is why I came. That you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly, free from sin that would plague you, if it were not for Me. I came to save you from sin."
I could continue on, posting my personal thoughts and words about this special holiday, but instead I am just going to let you read on your own, and form thoughts of your own.
May the Lord be ever present in your life, now and always!
He is risen indeed.
I've been reading each gospel's account of the Passover, the crucifixion, the empty tomb and the resurrection, and I really want to encourage you all to do the same. Each passage is found in:
Matthew chapter 26 through chapter 28, Mark chapter 14 through chapter 16, Luke chapter 22 though chapter 24, and John chapter 18 through 21.
I also think it is neat, how that account ends each of those books.
I considered posting one of these accounts, telling of the magnificent story that never grows old, but there is so much to it, that I wouldn't be able to for various reasons.
One thing I do want to add, as you read through those books, is something that Jesus Christ 'told' me that made reading through them, even more fascinating, and...amazing.
"I didn't die on the cross that others might believe, but to die for the sins of the nation, to save them from eternal damnation. That is why I came. That you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly, free from sin that would plague you, if it were not for Me. I came to save you from sin."
I could continue on, posting my personal thoughts and words about this special holiday, but instead I am just going to let you read on your own, and form thoughts of your own.
May the Lord be ever present in your life, now and always!
He is risen indeed.
The {Scientific} Death of Jesus
(not for the faint-hearted.)
At the age of 33,
Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.
At the time crucifixion was
the "worst" death. Only the worst
the "worst" death. Only the worst
criminals were condemned to be crucified.
Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus,
unlike other criminals condemned to death
by crucifixion, Jesus was to be nailed to
the cross by His hands (wrist) and feet.
Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.
The nails were driven into His wrist. Not
into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There is
a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The
Roman guards knew that when the nails were being
hammered into the wrist, the tendon would tear and
brake, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to
support himself so that He could breath.
into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There is
a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The
Roman guards knew that when the nails were being
hammered into the wrist, the tendon would tear and
brake, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to
support himself so that He could breath.
Both of His feet were nailed together. Thus He
was forced to support Himself on the single nail
that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could
not support himself with His legs because of the
pain. He was forced to alternate between arching
His back, then using his legs just to continue to
breath. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the
suffering, the courage.
was forced to support Himself on the single nail
that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could
not support himself with His legs because of the
pain. He was forced to alternate between arching
His back, then using his legs just to continue to
breath. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the
suffering, the courage.
Jesus endured this
reality for over 3 hours.
Yes, over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of
suffering? A few minutes before He died,
Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water
from his wounds.
suffering? A few minutes before He died,
Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water
from his wounds.
From common images
we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His
side... But do we realize His wounds
were actually made in his body. A hammer
driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped
and an even large nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard
piercing His side with a spear. But
before the nails and the spear Jesus was whipped and
beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the
flesh from His body. The beating so horrific that His
face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The
crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp. Most men
would not have survived this torture.
we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His
side... But do we realize His wounds
were actually made in his body. A hammer
driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped
and an even large nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard
piercing His side with a spear. But
before the nails and the spear Jesus was whipped and
beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the
flesh from His body. The beating so horrific that His
face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The
crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp. Most men
would not have survived this torture.
He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds.
The human adult bodycontains about 3.5 liters
(just less than a gallon) of blood.
The human adult bodycontains about 3.5 liters
(just less than a gallon) of blood.
Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered
into His members; a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that, a
Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His side..
into His members; a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that, a
Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His side..
All these without mentioning the humiliation He passed after carrying
His own cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his face
and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg of weight, only for its
higher part, where His hands were nailed).
His own cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his face
and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg of weight, only for its
higher part, where His hands were nailed).
Jesus had to endure this experience, so that you can
have free access to God.
So that your sins could be "washed" away.
All of them, with no exception!
Don't ignore this situation.
Don't ignore this situation.
JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU!
Do not believe that He only died for others
He died for you!
(those who go to church or for pastors, bishops, etc).
Accept the reality, the truth that
JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD.
God has plans for you, show all your friends what He experienced to save you.Now think about this!Have you thanked Him recently for what He has done for YOU?
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