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Jesus is Alive
‘… For an angel of the Lord came down from Heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow’ Matt.28:3-4.
God needed to make a statement; the Saviour of mankind was crucified not because man overpowered God but because God chose to lay His life down for man. Picture the scenario that morning; first the sudden earth quake. Then the angel with cloths as white as snow and a face like lightning descending. And with one hand rolls away the stone and sits on it and the guards scrambling and fainting. This same stone must have taken the strength of all the guards on duty that day and more to position. This is just one angel; remember that Jesus Read the rest of this entry
He is Risen
‘But the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body’ Mark 16:6
Let me tell you a story about what happened that day when Jesus was crucified. Crucify Him the crowd shouted and crucify Him they did. Jesus said ‘Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit’. Picture the jubilation in the kingdom of darkness. satan shouting in between sips of his drink; his
Seventh Words
‘And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend My Spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost’. Luke 23:46[KJV]
‘Father, I entrust My Spirit into your hands’, the seventh words are words of reunion with the Father. Jesus started the work on the cross calling Him Father and ended the work on the cross still calling Father. ‘Unto your hands I commit my Spirit’, meaning Jesus was very aware of the activity of His Spirit and He
Sixth Words
When Jesus had tasted it, He said, “It is finished!” John19:30a
‘It is finished’, Jesus sixth words on the cross are words of triumph and victory. Jesus stood crucified on the cross and shouted ‘it is finished’. Dictionary.com defines the word finished as ‘(of an action, activity, or piece of work) Having been completed or ended. (of a person) Having completed or ended an action or activity’. The word finished also suggests over, broken-down. What then was Jesus talking about when He said ‘It is Read the rest of this entry
The Fifth Words
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished (ended), said in fulfillment of the Scripture, I thirst. John 19:28 [AMP].
The fifth words, ‘I Thirst’, are words of distress. Jesus began His journey to Golgotha at say 9am in the morning, endured the whipping and carrying the cross, and the pain of the nails as they were being driven into His hands and feet. Through all of this, Jesus did not once think about Himself until Read the rest of this entry
Fourth Word
“My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” Matt.27:46b
The fourth words Jesus spoke on the cross were words from the depth of agony – words of abandonment. Just after Jesus forgave His accusers, sorted out the thief on the right and sorted out Mary, He experienced abandonment. This scenario plays out at different seasons in our lives. You Read the rest of this entry
Talent
‘…Give as freely as you have received!’ Matt.10:8b
Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. Prov.11:24
Whose life are you speaking into? Of the oil God is pouring into you, who are you pouring into? It’s a misnomer to have a Christian who knows the Lord, is walking with the Lord and is not discipling anybody. Every Christian that is walking with God must have at least one person they are discipling personally. Read the rest of this entry
Mary
But Mary was keeping within herself all these things (sayings), weighing and pondering them in her heart. Luke 2:19 [AMP]
Not much is said about Mary, the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. We do not get to know details about her favourite colour or song. However in her responses to circumstances lies a depth of lessons. This was the woman who was at the beginning of Jesus’ life. She lost Him but gave herself no rest until Read the rest of this entry
Third Words
When Jesus saw His mother standing there beside the disciple He loved, He said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son. And He said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” John 19:26-27a
The third words of Jesus are the words of Relationship. Jesus was on the cross, in pain and He still had compassion and a sense of responsibility towards His mother. Many times people use the pressures of life, work, or career as excuses to be nasty to their spouse, friends and even family. Some people go as far as Read the rest of this entry
Who do you need to ignore?
The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray. Prov.12:26
Notice that Jesus focused mainly on what was truly important in His final hours. He totally ignored the scoffing from the thief on the left. Jesus could have allowed Himself to be ruled by emotions and insulted the thief on the left. This no doubt would have altered His focus and perhaps changed the course of Read the rest of this entry
