Unless
you have seen Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”, it’s probably difficult
for you to imagine the pain & suffering Jesus experienced. But most of us
have have experienced the pain & suffering of a person afflicted with
terminal cancer—if not in our immediate family, then someone we know. Jesus
accepting death on the cross is a little like someone agreeing to suffer & die of
cancer in your place.
Jesus was not forced by the Father to suffer and die on the cross. The Gospels tell us that when He prayed so fervently to the Father on Holy Thursday in the Garden of Gethsemane, He actually asked the Father if there were some other way to save mankind from their sins. But when the Father said no, Jesus accepted the Father's Will and the cross in obedience to Him.
Take some time to reflect on this and thank Jesus for suffering for your sins.
Yet it was our infirmities that He bore,
our sufferings that He endured,... Isaiah 53:4 (The Suffering Servant)
No comments:
Post a Comment