"If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself." (Luke 23:37)
He couldn't. That is, if He is to save you and me.
This is a most sobering passage of any ever written------ by anyone, anywhere. Here we see the King of Creation on trial by the creation. Who could have thought up such?!? This can only be the Creator Himself. The creation rebels, and the Creator takes the "blame." The creation rejects the Purpose of his creation, and the Creator pays the "consequences."
Humanity has always had difficulty understanding Cosmic Justice and Redemption. If we mess up, why not just forgive and forget? Well, humanity, that is exactly what occurred in "the Christ Event," the Cross. Jesus' Blood forgives; then Jesus "forgets." But make no mistake; without faith/acceptance of this Supreme Truth, or to put it in His Words, "without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness."
Join me today as once again, "I Survey the Wondrous Cross on which the Prince of Glory died." Join me as I worship Jesus, of Whom Wesley wrote,
"Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in Heav'n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise."
Father, in Jesus' Name, again today I have nothing to give but, "Lost in wonder, love, and praise." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
