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Was It Like Being United With Donkeys? {Then Later Being Nailed To A Cross}

Posted on 04/26/2021 10:50:09 AM PDT by JAG 5000

Or . . . God The Father's Great Love And Humility As Demonstrated By The Cross And The Incarnation.

The Cross {Jesus endured the shame of the Cross Hebrews 12:2}

You must true-love deeply to allow evil men to hammer nails through your Son's hands and feet when you are Almighty God and could easily stop them but you didn't because you're not a self-seeker, rather you were willing to suffer excruciating agony to kelp others ~ physical and emotional agony.

And it wasn't only nails driven through hands and feet. It was also severe flogging, insults, and humiliation. They treated the Lord Jesus badly. They mocked Him, beat Him with their fists, spit in His face, ridiculed Him with sneers and jeers, and jammed a circle of thorns into the flesh of His forehead.

And that wasn't all. They nailed Him to a piece of wood. And they left Him hanging on it for 6 hours. Then He died. He bravely endured Death and died. Would you do all that to save another human being?

The Father, who suffered severe agony of soul, said in John's gospel that He suffered all this so you would not have to endure the "perish" of John 3:16 if you will believe in Jesus. If I were you, I would take all this deadly serious. What happened on that Cross 2000 years ago tells you God takes all this deadly serious. You can take it deadly serious by praying this simple prayer from the heart:

"Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn away from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust You as my Lord and Savior. In Your name. Amen."

The Incarnation. {"The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." John 1:14}

Do you ;love deeply with all your heart? Would you join permanently with a donkey? Would you do that? Would you become a donkey in order to eventually lift donkeys to a higher level so they could gradually become like you? Isn't that, in principle, what God the Father did in the Incarnation? Almighty God took human form by becoming Jesus.

Incarnation literally means "to take on flesh." Jesus was fully God and fully human. It required levels of Love and Humility off-the-charts, for God the Father to be willing to do this for we the human race. Humility is humbleness of heart and being willing to lower yourself in order to lift up others. God the Father, in some sense, lowered Himself by becoming a human. After all, we humans are the species that created and maintained Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Treblinka, and Dachau.

JAG April 26, 2021


TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; Worship
KEYWORDS: incarnation; love

1 posted on 04/26/2021 10:50:09 AM PDT by JAG 5000
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To: JAG 5000

Jesus was treated badly by men. They did torture Him without cause. Many men have suffered such abuse by other men.
But a man suffering abuse by other men could not save a lost and dying world. It would take a perfect man who lived a sinless life to redeem man.
The Son of God became man, lived a perfect life and was able to bear for us our sins on the cross. That is what the cross is about..the sins of the world placed on one Man for all time. It is no wonder after bearing those sins it is said he didn’t look human. Sin breaks down and destroys good..
Our Lord suffered what man did to Him but what God did to Him is even more difficult to contemplate.


2 posted on 04/26/2021 12:52:18 PM PDT by Cottonpatch
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To: JAG 5000

The most he suffered was during His separation from God.
That was the most severe torture for Jesus.
My opinion.

Same for us, we just don’t know better...much of the time...it varies.
Speaking for myself again.


3 posted on 04/26/2021 1:02:46 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: JAG 5000

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4 posted on 04/26/2021 1:47:16 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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