As for me, I shall call upon God, And the Lord will save me.
Psalms 55:16 NASB
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Gods Demonstrated Love
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
Do you need a reason to feel thankful today? Look no further than the love God demonstrated to us on the cross. Even though we were wretched sinners, Christ still died for us. Even though it was our lawlessness that put Christ on the cross, he still laid down his life for us. Even though Jesus has all power and authority over Heaven and Earth, he still died for us, because God loves us.
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. Romans 5:9
Still not feeling thankful? How about the next scripture, Christ not only dies for us sinners, but we are now justified by his blood. By the blood of Christ, you are now redeemed. No power or evil is greater than the blood of Christ. The blood that was flowing from the cross, by sinful men, has the power to justify us and set us free!
And because of all of us, because of the love God demonstrated through his Son, we are saved by the wrath of God. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is life through Jesus Christ ( Romans 6:23) Gods love and gift has delivered us from the wrath of death.
Is there any greater love, than the love of God demonstrated through Jesus Christ? Rejoice and be glad for you are redeemed in Jesus Name Amen
Son of God
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
Why did the crucifixion have to happen? Because God so loved the world! Often people try to portray God, our Father, as angry vengeful God. But our Heavenly Father loves you enough, to send his only Son to die for your sins. As Jesus said there is no greater love, than to lay down your life for one’s friends (John 15:13)
Whoever believes in him (Jesus Christ) shall not perish but have eternal life. No matter what your going through, rejoice knowing that your faith in Christ will grant you eternal life. Many will try to overcomplicate this or even downplay it. But through Christ you are redeemed!
Gods only “begotten” Son, the original Greek word for “begotten” is “monogenes” The word “monogenes” means “One of a kind pertaining to a relationship” ,“unique”, “one and only”
There is only one Messiah, Son of God, his name is Yeshua (Jesus). This is no other hence the wording “Begotten” or “Monogenes”. Jesus is the only one who could have laid down his life and saved the world. Nobody else could have accomplished what he did for us already. And nobody else can accomplish what he can still do for you today!
“For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. John 3:17
God the Father didn’t send Jesus Christ into the world to condemn it but to save it. Through the love of Christ, we can all be redeemed and inherit eternal life. It’s important to understand this message and understand who Christ is for all of us in Jesus Name Amen
God is my Helper!
Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
Psalms 54:4 NASB
Spirit of God
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Romans 8:11
Does the Spirit of God dwell in you? This Sunday we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ, now think about this. The Bible tells us the same power that raised Christ from the dead lives in us. Can you imagine the power of God, that defeated sin and death, could possibly dwell in you? The same power that rolled the stone away from the tomb is living inside of you
So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—Romans 8:12
But notice the next scripture, “we are under obligation not to the flesh”. Meaning if you want the Holy Spirit to dwell in you, you can’t live in sin. Jesus defeated sin and death, because he remained obedient to God. The same goes for us, we must remain obedient to God if you want to be filled by his Spirit.
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
Greater is God living inside of you, than Satan who is living in the world. At the cross Jesus crushed the head of Satan, there is no power greater than the Lord Almighty. Rejoice knowing that if you stay obedient to our Heavenly Father, the same power will dwell in you , that rose Christ from the dead in Jesus Name Amen!
He Has Risen #ResurrectionSunday
“He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, Luke 24:6
Some of the sweetest words in the Bible are “He has Risen”. The resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is complete. Just as Jesus said on the cross “ It is Finished”, the completion of victory over the grave is done. At this moment, no more are we slaves to sin and death, Jesus has conquered the grave!
And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, Luke 24:2
The stone has been rolled away! Even though this is literal, this is also symbolic for our lives. Rolled away is sin, sickness, and death! And now enters the power and glory of our Heavenly Father that has breathed life into our bodies. The rolling away of the stone from the tomb, is the passage of your suffering and sorrow. Because when Jesus stepped out of that tomb, you can now rejoice with victory and hope! Because Jesus has overcome the grave!
and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. John 20:7
A very symbolic sign often missed by most. Jesus took the time to roll up his linen cloth as a sign he will return. There’s a Jewish custom to fold your napkin when you leave the table if you’re going to return. Jesus did this before he left the tomb as a sign to us all that “ The King is Coming Soon!’
Jesus walked out of that tomb alive forevermore, and he’s coming back for his Church, give Glory to God for his victory at the cross! He has Rise Indeed in Jesus Name Amen
Passover Lamb #GoodFriday
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29
If there is any question how Judaism and Christianity are linked together, look no further than Passover/Easter. When the prophet John the Baptist announced, Jesus was the “Lamb of God” everyone knew what he was talking about.
The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:13
To understand what Jesus has done for us at the cross, we need to understand what happened at Passover. The Israelites were being held slaves for over 400 years until God sent the prophet Moses to finally free them. Egypt’s refusal to allow Gods people go, left him no choice but to send 10 deadly plaques to call for their repentance.
The final plague was the Angel of Death that would “Passover” any home that was covered by the blood of the sacrificial “Lamb of God”
for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:28
Fast forward to when God sent his only begotten Son, as the perfect “Lamb of God’ to forever take away the sins of the world. Anyone who is covered by the “Blood of Christ” death will “Passover” them and we will live eternally in Gods Kingdom.
Remember this Passover/Easter, that Jesus is The Lamb of God. Because of him death will Passover you during the Resurrection in Jesus Name Amen
It Is Finished
Therefore, when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. John 19:30
The last and maybe the most powerful words Jesus ever spoke were “It is Finished”. What did Jesus mean by this? At this moment, everything Jesus needed to accomplish to become the ransom for our sins was finished. At that very moment, the “veil was torn” the “New Covenant “was established
And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Mark 14:24
So what is the new covenant? Jesus explained this during the “Last Supper” The shedding of his blood, created the new covenant for us. The original covenant was with God and Israel, the new covenant allows all of us, through the blood of Christ, to be Children of God
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, Romans 8:16
Through the Blood of Christ, you are no longer viewed as a Gentile or wretched sinner. You are redeemed through Christ. You can call upon God your Father, and he knows you and has sealed you with the Holy Spirit
It Is Finished, at that moment death was defeated. Satan can no longer control you because we are victorious by the Blood of The Lamb (Revelation 12:11) in Jesus Name Amen
Father Forgive Them
But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves. Luke 23:34
As we continue to look at the last words spoken by Jesus on the cross, we come across this powerful display of God’s love toward humanity. Here Jesus is not only crucified on a cross, hanging in agony, he also being spit on and verbally abused by all the spectators. Instead of Jesus condemning them all he prays to God to forgive them all for their ignorance.
This is such a powerful moment as we know God so loved the world that he sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sins, but also even while Jesus was being tortured by us for our sins, he still showed us grace and mercy. It’s important to remember Jesus was on that cross because of us, every sin we committed he paid the price for.
At the end of the scripture it says “They divided up his clothes among themselves”, as we seen in the other scriptures, this again was another prophecy fulfilled and was spoken in Psalms
They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots. Psalm 22:18
So why would the Roman soldiers want the clothes of Jesus? This is obviously a debated topic but here are my thoughts. This displayed Jesus as being the “high priest” (Hebrews 4) the high priest would wear the most expensive clothing, and remember Pilate put a purple robe on Jesus during the trial to mock him.
Secondly this displays the death Jesus suffered for our sins. Even the two thieves on both sides of Jesus were left alone, but the Roman soldiers decided to humiliate Jesus even more.
But as Jesus said, Father forgive them, the love that was displayed at the cross is beyond our comprehension. Remember Gods love for you in Jesus Name Amen
My God My God
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” that is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?” Matthew 27:46
As we continue to look at the last words spoken by Jesus Christ from the cross, this scripture is a highly debated one. There are some who believe the entire New Testament was originally written in Aramaic and not Greek, therefor they believe this scripture should be translated:
My God, My God why have you spared me Matthew 27:46 Aramaic NT
Now obviously, this is highly controversial and debatable. However, if you consider this context, it gives a whole different meaning to the scripture. In a traditional sense if we believe the word is “Forsaken” then we believe Jesus felt like God temporarily left him. But if we believe the word “spared” here we believe even though Jesus was being brutally tortured, when God finally released him through death, he was still willing to suffer more.
Now the problem the Aramaic side has is Jesus quoted Psalms a lot , as we saw in my earlier post Jesus quoted Psalm 31:5, “Father into your hands I commit my Spirit”. So Jesus is most likely quoting Psalm 22:1 here:
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. Psalm 22:1
So if were going to say Jesus was mistranslated in Matthew, we would have to say David was also mistranslated in Psalms. The probability of this not likely. I believe the scripture is correct with the word “Forsaken”
We need to remember Jesus took on the wages of our sins, all our sins! Therefor he suffered the penalty of our sins which is death and separation from God. Even though this was temporary (3 days, 3 nights) Jesus willingly suffered sinners fate so we didn’t have to.
It should make you love and appreciate Jesus more, knowing what he would have to suffer and endure, he didn’t anyway because our Heavenly Father loves you in Jesus Name Amen
