The Word This Week
Mark 14:27…
Every single thing pertaining to Jesus’ crucifixion was according to prophetic scripture.
It might be unexpected Jesus would go to the cross completely alone, given the closeness Jesus had with His apostles. You would think they would have remained with Him along the way to the cross, lending Jesus all the support they could.
But the scripture had declared when Jesus was to be sacrificed, He would be abandoned, even by those closest to Him.
This began with Jesus telling them it would happen – exactly as predicted 500 years ago in Zechariah 13:7.
Of course, Peter vehemently objected. Peter’s declaration was one of a bravado he was incapable of keeping on this night, (but would be kept 30 years later at his own crucifixion at Rome.)
This night Peter melted like wax under the heat of the possibility of being arrested along with Jesus. His cowardice was on full display. What Peter had said, along with the rest of them, was washed away by the appearance of the power of the religious leaders who came to arrest Jesus.
Because the scriptures cannot be broken. It certainly seems God meant to preserve those who would be the founders of His church. It almost seems stranger they were not all arrested along with Jesus than it does they took Jesus alone.
Jesus’ walk of solemn aloneness actually began in the Garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus most desired the companionship of the three apostles closest to Him - Peter, James, and John. They fell asleep as Jesus prayed.
Was there any other way our salvation may be accomplished than by Jesus dying on the cross?
Just as the apostles abandoned Jesus in these final moments of His ministry, many - maybe even most people who have ever lived – have likewise abandoned Jesus and forsaken Biblical Christianity for some other form of what they perceive to be ‘salvation.’ They either add their good works to Jesus’ saving work on the cross, or they choose some worldly fantasy about how, “all roads lead to heaven.”
All roads do not lead to heaven. Even Jesus explored that possibility in His prayer the night before He died. He had no desire to go through what He knew He would face in the light of day. But if it was God’s will He do so He would. There was no other way to accomplish salvation for all mankind than by the death of God Himself in human flesh.
Pastor Bill
Every single thing pertaining to Jesus’ crucifixion was according to prophetic scripture.
It might be unexpected Jesus would go to the cross completely alone, given the closeness Jesus had with His apostles. You would think they would have remained with Him along the way to the cross, lending Jesus all the support they could.
But the scripture had declared when Jesus was to be sacrificed, He would be abandoned, even by those closest to Him.
This began with Jesus telling them it would happen – exactly as predicted 500 years ago in Zechariah 13:7.
Of course, Peter vehemently objected. Peter’s declaration was one of a bravado he was incapable of keeping on this night, (but would be kept 30 years later at his own crucifixion at Rome.)
This night Peter melted like wax under the heat of the possibility of being arrested along with Jesus. His cowardice was on full display. What Peter had said, along with the rest of them, was washed away by the appearance of the power of the religious leaders who came to arrest Jesus.
Because the scriptures cannot be broken. It certainly seems God meant to preserve those who would be the founders of His church. It almost seems stranger they were not all arrested along with Jesus than it does they took Jesus alone.
Jesus’ walk of solemn aloneness actually began in the Garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus most desired the companionship of the three apostles closest to Him - Peter, James, and John. They fell asleep as Jesus prayed.
Was there any other way our salvation may be accomplished than by Jesus dying on the cross?
Just as the apostles abandoned Jesus in these final moments of His ministry, many - maybe even most people who have ever lived – have likewise abandoned Jesus and forsaken Biblical Christianity for some other form of what they perceive to be ‘salvation.’ They either add their good works to Jesus’ saving work on the cross, or they choose some worldly fantasy about how, “all roads lead to heaven.”
All roads do not lead to heaven. Even Jesus explored that possibility in His prayer the night before He died. He had no desire to go through what He knew He would face in the light of day. But if it was God’s will He do so He would. There was no other way to accomplish salvation for all mankind than by the death of God Himself in human flesh.
Pastor Bill