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 - April 19, 2023

When Jesus Claimed to be God

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People say Jesus never claimed to be God. "Son of Man is a term for the second member of the Godhead from Daniel Chapter 7. What Jesus was trying to do every time He would use the title "The Son of Man," was to get someone to open their Bible and look back to Daniel Chapter 7 and find out who He is. But of course, none of the Pharisees were smart enough to do that. Daniel 7:13-14 says, "So one, like a son of man was coming and he came up to the ancient of Days and was presented before Him." We saw this in Revelation chapter six as He, Jesus Christ, took up the six seals and began to open the seals. "... to him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom that all the people, nations and men of every language might serve Him and His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away. His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed." "Son of Man" verses where Jesus claims to be God: Matthew 8:20 Matthew 9:6 Matthew 10:23 Matthew 11:19 Matthew 12:8 Matthew 12:32 Matthew 12:40 Matthew 13:37 Matthew 13:41 Matthew 16:13 Matthew 16:27 Matthew 16:28 Matthew 17:9 Matthew 17:12 Matthew 17:22 Matthew 18:11 Matthew 19:28 Matthew 20:18 Matthew 20:28 Matthew 24:27 Matthew 24:29 Matthew 24:30 Matthew 24:37 Matthew 24:39 Matthew 24:44 Matthew 25:13 Matthew 25:31 Matthew 26:2 Matthew 26:24 Matthew 26:45 Matthew 26:64 Mark 2:10 Mark 2:28 Mark 8:31 Mark 8:38 Mark 9:9 Mark 9:12 Mark 9:31 Mark 10:33 Mark 10:45 Mark 13:24 Mark 13:26 Mark 14:21 Mark 14:41 Mark 14:62 Luke 5:24 Luke 6:5 Luke 6:22 Luke 7:34 Luke 9:22 Luke 9:26 Luke 9:44 Luke 9:56 Luke 9:58 Luke 11:30 Luke 12:8 Luke 12:10 Luke 12:40 Luke 17:22 Luke 17:24 Luke 17:26 Luke 17:30 Luke 18:8 Luke 18:31 Luke 19:10 Luke 21:25 Luke 21:27 Luke 21:36 Luke 22:22 Luke 22:48 Luke 22:69 Luke 24:7 John 1:51 John 3:13 John 3:14 John 5:27 John 6:27 John 6:53 John 6:62 John 8:28 John 12:23 John 12:34 John 13:31