smellycat

Jesus showed he was a man with feelings and free will,and not a computer.Jesus did this for us.also any arguements in later time would be unfounded,like God is a robot etc.clever our God you know.

Fluffy

This was a part of what drew me to make Jesus My Lord, His follow thru in the face of unspeakable misery. After what He went thru, willingly, just for me, how could I do otherwise?

I Stand At The Cross

I stand at the Cross in awestruck wonder.
Fingering the bloodsoaked wood,
One question echoes thru my mind...
Why?
Why did it have to be THIS way?

Quietly, gently, the answer came to me...
He said "Would you say that it took
Alot of strength and courage
To see it,
Face it,
Follow thru with it?

Yes.

Would you be able to worship a God
Who did NOT have that strength and courage?

No.

Would you say that it took
Alot of love to follow thru with it?

Yes.

That is how much I love you!

I stand at the Cross in awestruck wonder.
Fingering the blood soaked wood,
One word reverberates thru my heart...
Gratitude.

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Christian Commando

Hi people-

I suggest, before we believe Jesus was afraid to die, read Matt. 26:52-54.

At the start of His Ministry, Jesus clearly states why He was here. He knew and was not afraid to die for us. "Think not that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets, but to fulfill them."

Secondly- What Jesus feared in Gethsemane was not dieing on thecross, but because during His earnest Prayer, sweat as it were blood, started coming out. He did not want Satn to take his life before His reason for being here was accomplished- Matt. 26:54, 56.

Jesus, as God in the flesh was never afraid of dieing for us, or He is not my Jesus, it would be a fake one.

Right, Jesus was a man, but God declares of Himself He is love, so Jesus would demonstrate love, compassion, plus more of the Father's attributes, being the "Son of God"- ("I and My Father are one"), The Word as with God and in God since the beginning and was God made manifest in the flesh.

And while Jesus was not a computer, He still totally adhered to "My Father's Will". Not His Will, but God the Father's Will.

Think about this as well- Since Jesus knew He would eventually die for our sins, why still, should He fear what he would endure, knowing God the Father intends and will raise Him up and bring Him back to Heaven after that?

I have had no more fear of death myself, since it sank into my heart Paul's stating it is gain to die, for we shall be with the Lord and away from the sin and strife of this tainted world. We can't kill ourselves to do this, but we should still embrace death and not fear it knowing the future we have. As Paul declares too- but apparently its not my time as yet, for the Lord appears to have more for me to accomplish in this life.

I pray this helps-

God Bless!!

SweetSurrender

I agree with Bo, this great fear was separation from the Father for the first time because taking on the sins of the world, the Father could not abide. Is that why the sky became black in the middle of the day? Because God turned His eyes away? Interesting.

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Ahmed

Thank you all! I understood it now.

God bless.

Boanerges

Ahmed my brother, you will find that this place has Christians from litteraly all over the globe. Each from different backgrounds , with different ideas and teachings. What you will find in common in each of us is a genuine love for God and each other. We love Jesus and He is our Lord. We may be different in some ways but we each make up a part of the beautiful church of the Lord Jesus Christ. When we walk togeather in unity we fulfill the will of God. We all need each other!

Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Much love in Jesus Name, brother Larry.

Pastor Gary

Ahmed, when you have spent much more time in studying God's Word, you will see that both the Old and New Testaments are filled with PARABLE teachings. Parables were used in the original manuscript texts to explain things to the common people of the day, in terms that they would understand based upon their limited education and their observations of life around them.

Christ used a great number of Parable Teachings in His ministry and whenever we see these in the writings of the Disciples and Prophets, we see exactly how He carefully planned His words to teach the people about His Gospel.

Our Savior also taught to His very last breath. When he said, "Eli, Eli, Lamma Sabacthani" (My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?) while He was on the cross, He was TEACHING. Remember the opening line from Psalm 22 (KJV)? That Psalm was written by King David roughly 1000 years before Christ walked the earth in His human form. Psalm 22 (KJV) prophesyed the Crusifixion 10 centuries before it actually took place, and Christ was reminding everyone present at His crucifixion that it was indeed, prophesy being fulfilled.

Recognizing and understanding Parable Teachings can be difficult for a new Bible student, but once you can recognize these and mentally place yourself into the time period of the original writings, you can get a much better grasp on what is being said. Using a Strong's Concordance to sort through the Hebrew, Aramaic and 'street' Greek word uses in the Parables will also assist you in your understanding.

May God bless you in your studies and research.

Whirlwind

Thank you, Pastor. A blessing, as always.

Hey - I learned on TV from Pastor Arnold Murray that "pastor" came from the agricultural term for the One who watches the pasture.

Never knew that before - never linked in my noggin before. I thought it was fascinating! I sat there lipping the words over and over again, it tickled me that deeply.

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Pastor Gary

"The One Who Watches The Pasture" is an excellent way of putting it. The origin wording is closer to "one who feeds the flock" - in other words, a Pastor freely provides the Word of God to those who ask for knowledge... a Pastor is a "teacher of God's Word.

Thank you for your kind comments.

youassassin

i completely agree

this shows a sign of Jesus's temptations because He was a man
no man wants to go through a ten hour torture just to die

I think all Jesus was saying was God I am no wanting this to happen but I will be obiediant and will go through with it so keep me strong my Father.

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