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 - October 12, 2000

Biblical Chivalry #6

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GOD is in the business of building men. We can only fail the Christian life by actively resisting GOD. The majesty of meekness: Psa 18:1-36 commemorates GOD giving David victory. Psalm 18 is the 2nd of the Messianic Psalms. (1st is Psalm 2, 3rd is Psalm 22) 2Sa 22 is a chronicle of David’s victories. 2Sam 23 is David’s mighty men. Psa 18:34 the bow’s strength is not in the arms, but the technique of the pull. Quivers = children; the arrows which hit a target far from us when we train them to submit to the will of GOD. Psa 18:35-36 gentleness; concept of authority and power are at the right hand or the ruler, gentleness is the key to David’s success. Mat 11:28-29 vs 29 is the promise kept from submitting to vs 28. The yoke is his work, not our unnecessary burdens; the yoke is a part of simplicity. Luk 9:23 the cross is the same as the yoke. After taking on the yoke of Christ we must grow in his word through discipleship. Eph 4: gives us the futility of the unbelievers. What are we to learn? The answer is the character of the LORD Jesus Christ. Meekness is power under control, the submission to the leadership and authority of GOD. Phi 2:5-9 is the example of meekness. Heb 10:5 example of the power of GOD in a man totally committed. Joshua 14: Example of a meek man in the Old Testament. Christians must have the spirit of a fighter like Caleb. Meekness is to our character as a bow string is to a bow. Without meekness we are a bow without a string. The string is the virtue of meekness. 1Pe 3:4 wives are the bow string to the husband. The bow and the string — each useless without the other.

Scripture References: Psalms 18:35-36, Psalms 18:34, Psalms 2:3, Hebrews 10:5, Psalms 18:1-36, Philippians 2:5-9, Luke 9:23, Matthew 11:28-29