The Roman soldiers stripped Him naked, beat Him hard, scourged His back, and squeezed His blood out, put a crown of thorns, set an ugly cross on His back and made Him carry it up the skull shaped Golgotha Hill.
After He was crucified Pharisees spat and wittered peevishly, elders murmured, friends ran away and helpless women cried out of sympathy. Jesus hung between life and death, heaven and earth, pain and Glory as a sinner, lonely on the cross; blood and water poured out of His veins and the piercing cold was getting bitter as the night darkened. Finally He was left all alone to die and the gushing angry soldier’s spear pierced His side to confirm His death.
My Savior died to take me home to live with Him forever more. He died to give us an eternal life. He died for the sake of our sickness, shame, sin and bondage. His life not only is a bridge between BC and AD, but also between the sinful man and a Holy God. Some people think He is a Prophet, some say He is a Great Teacher. Some dismiss him as a liar or even a lunatic. Millions hail him as Savior and Lord. Whatever people think of him, nobody can deny that he stands at the very center of human history
The biblical record of his life shows that Jesus was born to a virgin, lived a sinless life, taught throughout
If you have not yet felt that this piece of writing is highly boring or falsely influential then you have good news today. Through all your toil and troubles His light shines. His peace surpasses all understanding.
When I was young I mocked at miracles and questioned about a Human portrayed as God and Savior. But gradually I was put through a lot of circumstances and tribulations, sickness and problems – family and financial. I was left with no choice but to trust in the Lord with all my heart and not on my own understanding. When the doctors had given hope after my father’s kidneys failed and there was no medicine to cure him because he was drug allergic, I had no choice but to sit, weep and pray. The Lord did a miraculous healing and the records of Medical Trust Hospital- EKM say that it is a medical miracle. He was able to walk upright in just a week. That changed my whole life. After that all through I have seen a lot more of miracles- personal and professional. Jesus does not promise a bed of roses all the time, but hope for the new day, mercy when everything seems obscure and peace that is everlasting. His mercy each time tells me that He died and rose again.
Paul says “we are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed but not in despair; persecuted but not forsaken; cast down but not destroyed and all things work together for good for those who love the Lord”
As a new dawn after a long night, we arise along with the risen Christ. The angry soldier’s gushing spear made blood and water fall on earth from the body of Christ to touch the ground one time that night. The book “Road to
So remember death was not God’s plan for us. Abundant and eternal life is what Jesus came to bring. But Faith is the key.
..."but also between the sinful man and a Holy God. Some people think He is a Prophet, some say He is a Great Teacher. Some dismiss him as a liar or even a lunatic. Millions hail him as Savior and Lord."...
ReplyDeleteBut I would love to see him as a Human... A man who guided a small group as a 'human' and not with the supernatural powers bestowed on him by the Lord... But so influential that he later became The One who influenced humanity the most!!
Doesn't thinking him as another human who ate, drink, played, cried, got married, had kids and got murdered [ became a martyr] make you love him more??
Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home, (John 19:26-27, ESV). Wouldn't he have said that actually to his Wife and Son if he ever had one? After all we all know Bible was not Faxed from Heaven.
Oh Jesus! I don't know why am I writing this here!!
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ReplyDeleteI don't think there is any uniqueness in the resurrection of Jesus Christ [most of the things related to him for that matter]. But that doesn't invalidate any of his teachings nor his Glory if he ever walked on Earth.
ReplyDeleteJust watch the movie Zeitgeist.
"The Greatest Story Ever Told" questions religions as original god-given stories, arguing the Christian religion specifically is mainly derived from other religions, astronomical facts, astrological myths and traditions; in turn derived from or sharing elements with other ones. In furtherance of the Jesus myth hypothesis, this part argues that the historical Jesus is a literary and astrological hybrid, nurtured politically in the interest of control.
This section was based on the work of many scholars, ranging from Egyptologist Gerald Massey, to Joseph Campbell to Acharya S (DM Murdock)[10]
Horus, the Egyptian Sun God, is introduced as having a number of attributes similar to many other religious deities which came after him, including but not limited to Attis, Krishna, Dionysus, Mithra and Jesus Christ; these attributes alleged to include the virgin birth on December 25, 12 disciples, burial for 3 days, resurrection, and performing of miracles.
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/transcript.htm