January 2024 | Conversion: Persecutor Turns Promoter
A SUFFERING AND TRIUMPHANT GOD Sayings from the Cross, Part II
Because Jesus Christ is both divine and human, His final words on the cross reveal not only the work and character of God but also God’s intention for us in a broken world.“I thirst.” The One who comforted grieving hearts, healed the sick, raised the dead and fed the hungry now experiences s...Read More
Traditionally, a dying person’s words are taken seriously. This is certainly true in the case of Jesus, although in his case His dying words were not in fact final words, for he was raised from the tomb soon afterwards and said many other things to his disciples. According to Stephen Lang, th...Read More
“After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said: ‘I thirst’ ” John. 19:28.How far did Jesus identify Himself with sinful humanity has ever been a point of debate among theologians from even the apostolic days. The prevalence of di...Read More
This pronouncement on the cross is the profoundest of all the sayings that it echoes and reechoes in the spiritual horizon of humanity past, present and future, and so its depths are unfathomable. It is finished is the goal to which every one is striving to and never able to realize. I looked a...Read More
A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT: THE SIXTH CRY FROM THE CROSS
Tetelestai (It is finished) is the most triumphant cry in all of human history. It is the sixth word heard from the cross. Cross is a powerful symbol that implies the whole purpose of God for this world. For Jesus it was the purpose for which He came to this world. The words from the cross are the w...Read More
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW JESUS DAILY
‘If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.“And whoever does not hear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.“For which of you, intending to build a tower, does no...Read More
This article is taken from his book “A Plain Man Looks at the Cross”How familiar are the words which form the title of this final section. Yet in spite of their familiarity–or perhaps because of it–they are little understood. To some, indeed, they are an offense. “Saved”–the word su...Read More