Category Archives: Jesus
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
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
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
Second Words
And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43
Jesus’ second words on the cross were ‘today you will be with me in paradise’. Our Saviour’s first and second words on the cross were words of love. ‘I assure you…’, in other words you can be rest assured that salvation is yours the minute you ask for it. Jesus again saying not only forgiveness but salvation Read the rest of this entry
First Words
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing”. Luke 23:34a
‘Father, forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing’. We know that He was in excruciating pain but Jesus still had to say what was most important even in death. Forgiveness was important to Him, a twofold forgiveness. Firstly He had chosen to forgive His crucifiers, inspite of the ridicule, abuses, pain and punishment. Secondly, He went to God on their behalf asking for forgiveness Read the rest of this entry
Jesus Said…
‘But He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed’ Isa.53:5 [NLT]
Jesus’ sole aim for coming was to be crucified. His being nailed to the cross was necessary so that all our sins will be forgiven. Jesus had to die because ‘…without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness’ of sins [Heb.9:22b]. Generations past and present, our fore fathers and our fathers; we all have sinned in God’s eyes. God must judge sin; the wages of sin is death. Jesus had to Read the rest of this entry
Access
‘…For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it’. Luke18:16b-17
Some people want to enter into the Kingdom and the abundance of God but are ‘too big’ to meet the requirements. Jesus says whoever wants to enter the Kingdom of God must come as a little child. In other words, entering the Kingdom means shredding every trace of pride, self-righteousness, self-sufficiency etc. For the Kingdom of God to manifest in your finances, Read the rest of this entry
