Posts Tagged ‘passion of the christ’
HOLY WEEK – FRIDAY: “WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE CROSS”
Friday, April 14th, 2017
The final hours of the Lord Jesus Christ, during His brief thirty three (33) years on earth were some of the most horrible any human being could ever face, far less the sinless Son of God! There were six, yes 6, illegal trials conducted against God Himself in the flesh, by sinful men in the ultimate act of false arrest, malfeasance, corruption and more. Due to the distasteful nature of these acts, speedy “justice” was the order of the night.
The reason the religious and political leaders of Jerusalem moved so fast to frame, condemn and execute Jesus in such a short period of time was multi-fold.
SPEAK LIFE, LESSON 6 – IN JESUS’ NAME
Thursday, April 9th, 2015“Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. “If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:13-14. 
There is ceremonial prayer and then, there is actual prayer. Ceremonial prayer is similar to the account which the Lord Jesus Himself gave when He told of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector both praying in the house of worship. He said in Luke 18:11: “”The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.” Then inverse 13, we read: “But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
The difference between the two men were this: the Pharisee prayed to Himself while the Tax collector cried out to God in repentance.