Sunday, 13 April 2014

In the lead up to Easter, we looked at the fact that Jesus went willingly to the cross. Even though it was his Father’s will and not his (Luke 22:42Luke 22:42
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42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. willing, remove: Gr. willing to remove  

WP-Bible plugin), Jesus still had a choice. Looking at John 18 it is easy to see that he had the power to dispatch of the Roman soldiers. He also made the point in Matthew 26:53Matthew 26:53
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53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?  

WP-Bible plugin that he could call down 12 legions of angels to assist him if he wanted to resist the Roman soldiers.

Instead, Jesus went willingly to the cross. He chose to die for our sins – a thought that should make us both sombre and grateful.

In the evening, we continued through the series by Dr. Jim Berg on “Quieting a Noisy Soul” with Lesson 14 – Dealing with Your Side of the Wedge (John 13:34-35John 13:34-35
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34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.  

WP-Bible plugin). This Lesson dealt with reconciling yourself to God and others after you have sinned. This was timely having been reminded of the way Jesus chose to reconcile us to God in the morning.