Jesus’ Perspective on His own Death

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Jesus’ Perspective on His own Death
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I want to remind us of the perspective that Jesus, our Savior, had concerning His own death. Because I think it helps us appreciate it a little bit more. His death was 1) Purposeful, 2) Voluntary, 3) Joyful, and 4) Glorious.

Well, first of all, His death was purposeful. He recognized that He was going to die. John 12:27 says, “What shall I say, Father, do not let this hour come upon me. But that is why I came.”

The purpose of his death was also voluntary. It was a voluntary or volitional outpouring of His love, and it showed full and true submission to God, the Father. Romans 5:8, “for God demonstrates his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” In the garden, Jesus said three times to the Father, “not My will, but Your will be done.” In John 10:17-18 Jesus said, “The Father loves me because I’m willing to give up My life in order that I may receive it back again. No one takes My life away from Me. I give it up of My own free will. I have the right to give it up and I have the right to take it back.This is what my father has commanded me to do.”

His death was purposeful. His death was voluntary. His death was also joyful. Hebrews 12:2 says, “Who, for the joy set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and He sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus was fully aware of the pain and the suffering that He would face at the cross, but He had his eyes on the joy, and that joy was purchasing our eternal destiny.

And then finally, Jesus considered death as the path to glory. In John 12:23 He said those words, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to receive great glory.” And this is an amazing verse to me because this is shortly before the passion week. This is shortly before He would go through all of that suffering, the betrayal, the arrest, the scourging, the piercing of his hands and feet, the crown of thorns on his head, and the gathering up the sins of the world that pierced His heart. He didn’t say the time has come for the Son of Man to be tortured and tormented and suffer for the sins of the world. No, He said, “the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” He ignored the suffering and kept his eyes on the glory. And if we can grasp the truth of that verse, it would totally change our perspective of the sufferings in our life.

So this is His perspective of His own death. He was born to die.

Gene Cunningham - January 20, 2003

A Faith That Endures #8

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Eternal Security sidebar:Written to doers not hearers-only Heb 6:1-6 hopox "once for all, never to be repeated". Their heart is hardened, there's nothing that can be done until they change their attitude. "Crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh and put Him to an open shame". Christ is dead to an arrogant wayward Christian (Gal 5:1-3) -- a "stranger alienated from Christ" is relationship death. Christ's sacrifice can't be repeated; it's done; the shadows of the Old Testament sacrifices cannot accomplish what Christ did once for us (Heb 9:26-28, Heb 10:6-7, Heb 10:10-11, Heb 10:25-31). People interpret Heb 10:26 to mean we can loose salvation if we "go on sinnning willfully". Context is paramount; the good news for the believer, however; Christ died once for all -- there is not a sacrifice we can offer in comparison (Heb 10:16-18); there's nothing else we need or can offer. Jewish Christians added law. Summary of James (Jam 5:7-20). Patience (Jam 5:7-11) illustrated in James: (1) counts it all joy; (2) acts on what we know; reviews truths learn; (3) has a goal for maturity; and (4) recognizes lack of wisdom and prays for it. Prayer is a necessary discipline (Jam 5:13-20). God wants us to demonstrate our love for one another (Jam 5:14). When someone was sick in James time, they were massaged with oil -- their form of going to the doctor. We need to acknowledge sin to another from whom you ask for prayer (Jam 5:15-16). Elijah knew that if his people turned from God they'd get judgment; he prayed for that; when they turned back, he prayed for rain (Jam 5:17-18). The sinner is a believer and the reader is someone who intervenes with prayer to "save his soul ", literally save his life (Jam 5:19-20, Mat 16:25-26, 1Jo 5:13-17). What does a Hearer-only look like?: hears but ignores (Jam 1:23), assumes maturity but does not attain (Jam 1:26); is a respecter of persons (Jam 2:1-4); does not live by law of liberty (Jam 2:12); has faith without works (Jam 2:14-20); loves to assume role of the teacher (Jam 3:1); displays "wisdom" that is worldly and devilish (Jam 3:14-16); needs comprehensive repentance (Jam 4:7-10); is constantly maligning and judging others in abuse of the tongue (Jam 3:1-7; Jam 4:2, Jam 4:11; Jam 5:9). What does a Doer look like?: has constant dependence on Word of God (Jam 1:21-22); abides daily in the Word (Jam 1:25); displays a compassion for the needy (Jam 1:27, Jam 2:1-4); is merciful to others (Jam 2:13); has genuine wisdom displaying the character of Christ (Jam 3:13, Jam 3:18); is patient, joyful, and triumphant in trials (Jam 1:2-4, Jam 5:7-8); and is occupied praying for other (Jam 5:13-20).

Conference notes for this series can be found [HERE]

Scripture References: James 1:23, Hebrews 10:10-11, James 1:2-4, James 3:14-16, James 5:13-20, James 1:21-22, John 5:13-17, James 3:18, Hebrews 10:6-7, James 3:1, James 5:7-11, James 5:9, Matthew 16:25-26, James 3:13, Hebrews 9:26-28, James 2:14-20, James 5:7-20, James 4:11, James 5:19-20, James 2:13, Galatians 5:1-3, James 2:12, Hebrews 10:16-18, James 4:2, James 5:17-18, James 2:1-4, Hebrews 6:1-6, James 2:1-4, Hebrews 10:26, James 5:13-20, James 3:1-7, James 5:15-16, James 1:27, James 1:26, Hebrews 10:25-31, James 5:7-8, James 4:7-10, James 5:14, James 1:25