05-01-2008, 07:53 AM
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Message #61
THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT - Part 2
... Continued from PART 1 in Above Post
As soon as God the Father placed upon Jesus the sins of the world, that sin SEPARATED the Father and Jesus. And so Jesus cried out in the depths of agony, "My God My God why have you gone away from Me?" He was taking the agony of hell so you and I never have to experience it!!!
In the Garden of Gethsamene, Jesus was very close to the Cross that He knew perfectly well He'd come to earth to die on. He KNEW He was going to experience the HELL of separation from the Father. Effectively He said, "Father, if it's possible, could I be spared the Cross?" This is the "man" part of Jesus if you like, considering what He was going to have to go through. He answered His own question! "It's alright, Father, I am going to do YOUR will, not MINE." A great prayer for us all to pray I reckon!
Finally for this section, Father God did not go through the agony of hell and the pain of the Cross. He is NOT Jesus, right! He went through His own DIFFERENT pain. Here is the Father having to WATCH HIS SON go through all of that - but without being able to lift a finger to help! I'm sure He was tempted to, if you see what I mean. What Father wouldn't be. But HE COULD NOT. Because if He had, then JESUS' SACRIFICE TO SAVE US WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETE and so we would all be consigned to the horror and punishment of hell forever!!! End of story.
I dunno about you, but I'm way, way, way beyond grateful that every large and every teensy part of all this incredible drama that was played out at Calvary was done PERFECTLY! Despite cringing from the whole awful deal, nonetheless both the Father and Jesus played the exact part each needed to - ALL FOR YOU!!!
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Originally Posted by Bonnie
This new study is on the Old Test. which is so hard for me to understand. The book is called "Be Amazed" by Warren W. Wiersbe. The other thing I learned is that all or most of the O.T. stories actually happened. I thought they were parables, like when Jonah was in the belly of the whale. And when the Red Sea was parted for the Israelites.
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Yes, the Old Testament all ACTUALLY HAPPENED, exactly as it is written! Because the actual AUTHOR of the whole of the Bible is GOD HIMSELF!!! He used men to set it down, but it's HIS WORD AND WORDS DIRECT TO US!! How about THAT!!
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Anyway, I learned about a prophet who God told to marry a prostitute! Now, that made no sense to me. But then they told how it was commanded by God to try and convince the Jews that it is what they have done by worshipping other gods. And God was actually going to destroy all the Jews at one time because of their disobedience but one of the prophets talked Him out of it by explaining that the other people (Gentiles?) would never think of Him as a merciful God, destroying His own people!
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Once again we see a God Who is WAY ABOVE US. We can neither understand all of Him - NOR all of His ways! NEVER QUERY GOD!! (asking "Why?" and that sort of thing). With our tiny minds we TRY to comprehend Him. But we CANNOT. No matter how much of the Bible we know, and how mature a Christian we become, what we still comprehend is as nothing!
However, here's what I used to tell atheists while I was on MySpace: NO ONE CAN EVER UNDERSTAND AND KNOW ALL ABOUT GOD - BUT WE CAN KNOW ENOUGH!!! A very important truth for us all!
Great post! So glad you are learning all these new things!! Much love!
Continued in Part 3 ...
- BM, with his best supporter! 
COMMENTS WELCOME!
Last edited by Bondman; 06-04-2008 at 04:28 AM.
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