MY FRIENDS, THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY!!!

Sep. 19, 2015

MY FRIENDS, THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY!!!

My friends let’s close our eyes and  focus on Jesus Christ as we follow him from the upper room where He took a towel, and girded himself and performed a servant’s duty by washing His disciples feet.

Then to the garden of Gethsemane along with Peter James and John where he tells then  to “pray that ye enter not into temptation. He then withdraws from them about a stone’s cast, knells down, and prays, “Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”

“And being in agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Luke 22:40-44 (KJV) My friends, now “He seemed to be shut out from the light of God’s sustaining presence. Now He was numbered with the transgressors.

The guilt of fallen humanity He must bear. Upon Him who knew no sin must be laid the iniquity of us all. So dreadful does sin appear to Him, so great is the weight of guilt which He must bear, that He is tempted to fear it will shut Him out forever from His Father’s love.” (E. G. White Desire of Ages).

He is then betrayed by one of His own Disciples for a mere 30 pieces of silver and arrested. Then our Savior is brought before Annas who was the head of the officiating priestly family and scrutinized like a common criminal.

Then we travel through the Court of Caiaphas the High Priest where the charges of blasphemy or claiming to be God were brought before him. He is then found guilty, slapped and spat upon as He is led through the Roman halls of justice as the Jewish rabble rang out crucify Him, Crucify him.

He is then scourged in the sight of the multitude, clothed in purple, and  a crown of thorns, placed on His Head as the rabble continue to taunt and salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews. This my friends, all for you and I.

The Creator of the universe led “as a lamb to the slaughter.” Then down The Via Dolorosa, the path that Jesus walked, carrying his cross, on the way to Calvary to die not only for the sins of those who will crucified Him, but the sins of all humanity.

My friends, it’s very personal now, close your eyes and picture our Savior nailed to that cruel cross with a crown of thorns on His head, dying for you and I “Suddenly the gloom lifted from the cross and in clear, trumpet like tones that seemed to resound throughout creation, Jesus cried, “It is finished.”

“Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit.” A light encircled the cross, and the face of the Savior shone with a glory like the sun. He then bowed His head upon His breast, and died. (E. G. White)

How far did those out stretched arms on the cross reach to rescue each of us today? How deep in sin had you gone when He pulled you to the shores of safety into His loving arms? How long had he pleaded before we heard His voice say, Come “I am the way the truth and the light.”

Or have we ignored His voice and not allowed self to die, while living our life only through Christ as we carry our own cross? My friends, if we have responded to His voice, there is nothing else to be said except, to continue crying out!!! Lord, not my will, but thy will be done!!!

My Friends, where there is no vision, the people perish…..Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)