Over recent days I have heard comments that Jesus really did not have a choice about going to the cross , that God manipulated Him to do so . This of course is heresy ....Jesus made His own choice about His crucifixion on the cross , ultimately it was His greatest act of pure , unadulterated love to a desperately sinful , dying world. Forget any suggestion that Jesus was trapped , erase any theory that Jesus made a miscalculation, ignore any speculation that the cross was a last -ditch attempt to salvage a dying mission. Listen to the Word of God from Matthew 20:18-19 (Jesus said)'' WE ARE GOING UP TO JERUSALEM, & THE SON OF MAN WILL BE BETRAYED TO THE CHIEF PRIESTS & THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW. THEY WILL CONDEMN HIM TO DEATH v19 AND WILL TURN HIM OVER TO THE GENTILES TO BE MOCKED & FLOGGED & CRUCIFIED. ON THE THIRD DAY HE WILL BE RAISED TO LIFE."
If these words tell us anything they tell us that Jesus died ....on purpose. No manipulation , no hesitation and no last minute faltering.
Once He knew the consequences of His act of love there was no question of delayed , or destroyed obedience.....it was irreversibly done in the name of God , for your sake & mine , that we might be SAVED.
So today when you flinch in the face of God's revealed will for your life , remember JESUS , look to Him to be your role model and remind yourself if you have been asked to be obedient in any area ,it could not possibly be even remotely compared to what JESUS did for you.
It is time for all Christians ( me included ) to get a spiritual spine in our journey , to step up to God's plate of Discipleship and stop complaining about the "cost".
Selah on these amazing Words of life : "HE HIMSELF BORE OUR SINS IN HIS BODY ON THE TREE , SO THAT WE MIGHT DIE TO SINS & LIVE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS : BY HIS WOUNDS YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED."
1 Peter 2:24.
Praying for you today.....MARNEY
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