“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? (Psalms 22:1, KJV) “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsakenContinue reading “Through Unutterable Anguish: Our Savior Became Our Sin, Our Sacrifice, Our Salvation”
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His Last Agony: Ode to Mothers, Fathers
“Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home” (John 19:27, KJV). “And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour” (Mark 15:33, KJV). As the eyes of Jesus wandered over the multitude aboutContinue reading “His Last Agony: Ode to Mothers, Fathers”
Courageous Soldier, Coward to Ridicule
“Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.” Luke 22:31, 32. After deserting their Master in the garden, two of the disciples had ventured to follow, at a distance, the mob that had Jesus in charge. These disciplesContinue reading “Courageous Soldier, Coward to Ridicule”
Gethsemane: The Agony of Sin
“Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.“For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lipsContinue reading “Gethsemane: The Agony of Sin”
Gethsemane: Strange Silence, Sorrow
“And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch” (Mark 14:34, KJV). In company with His disciples, the Saviour slowly made His way to the garden of Gethsemane. The Passover moon, broad and full, shone from a cloudless sky. The city of pilgrims’ tents was hushed into silence. DAContinue reading “Gethsemane: Strange Silence, Sorrow”
Victories Appearing as Failures
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33, KJV). As the world’s Redeemer, Christ was constantly confronted with apparent failure. He, the messenger of mercy to our world, seemed toContinue reading “Victories Appearing as Failures”
Abiding in Christ
“But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” (Matthew 4:4; John 15:7,Continue reading “Abiding in Christ”