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1 | What do you think of Jesus? | Ps 22:1 | Robert Nicholson | 31792 | ||
What do you think of Jesus which is called the Christ? I have been meditating on Psalm 22 and I have been considering the vivid images of the death of Christ upon the Cross. I find that when I consider the words of the psalmist and of the literal fulfilment at Calvary, I bow in adoration and worship before the Lamb of God who is my saviour. This graphic picture of crucifixion was not a Jewish mode of execution, but was Roman. Is it not amazing that the things which were written of the Savior in the Psalms were fulfilled literally by the Romans. This was no accident, we can see the hand of God in his wonderous love as he allows his only Son to be so cruely treated by humans and most of all that Jesus bore the judgement for our sins as he offered himself without spot unto God. I have listed verse one which immediately takes us to that noon day scene in which the sun refused to shine Matt.27:45 and to the nineth hour in which we hear that cry of abandonment and agony by our Saviour "My God, My God Why hast thou forsaken me? Matt. 27:46 I would be interested in hearing the devotional views of others on this Psalm. I realize that there are prepared lists of the prophecies and yet I wonder how often we truly as it were step into the shadow of the Cross and try to comprehend what it meant for our Savior "to be made sin for us"? |
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2 | What do you think of Jesus? | Ps 22:1 | LampLight | 31820 | ||
My thoughts on this where Christ Cries Out "My God, My God, why has thou forsaken me", is from the terrible pain that Crist felt at the moment of his death of the seperation from the Father. For it grieved him to be seperated from his Father in heaven. It was not a cry of why must I do this. Christ knew from the beginning that he was sent here to be our Saviour, Our Emmanual (God be with us)....Did you receive the poem I e-mailed to you about the cross? | ||||||
3 | What do you think of Jesus? | Ps 22:1 | Robert Nicholson | 31837 | ||
Dear Lamplight: Your poem is excellent and reflects the feelings which I have concerning this Psalm. The depths of the suffering of Christ at the hands of humans was terrible and yet the suffering at the hands of a Holy God on account of my sin is beyond words. The hymn writer says "I wonder what he saw in me to suffer such great angony.?" In verse 2 of Psalms 22 we read of the darkness which covered the scene beginning at the noon day hour at calvary. This darkness was miraculous since it could not be explained in human terms and yet the God of heaven veiled the scene in total darkness when his Son was made sin for us. "He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities and the chastisement of our peace was laid upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5)KJV Why did God forsake his Son? V3 "But thou art holy, O thou that inhabistest the praises of Israel" God turned his back on his Son because he could not look on Sin, Jesus bore the darkness and agony of Calvary that our sins might be forgiven. Because of his sinless sacrifice and his worth a Holy God could look on him and pardon us? "On that cross alone forsaken, where no pitying eye was found, Now to God's right hand exalted, With his praise the heavens resound. Lamplight you are right, he willing gave himself in our stead that we might be his forever. We remember as he anticipated the cross " he could pray being in agony: and his sweat as great drops of blood falling to the ground Luke 22:44 "Saying, Father if thou be willing to remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done."Luke 22:42 The Lord Jesus knew that this cup of suffering could not removed because his purpose in coming to the world was to save sinners such as me, you etc. To think that the God of eternity could not release his Son from the death of the cross expresses to us his love beyond compare. "Such love surpassing human thought, that thou blest lamb of God, could bear sin's curse and interpose thine own most precious blood." I rejoice that his love reached me. Robert |
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4 | What do you think of Jesus? | Ps 22:1 | LampLight | 31883 | ||
Dear Robert: You refelctions and versus of that day on the cross are beautiful. Just reading it brought tears to my eyes at the awsome thought of how much God really does love us, he loved us so much that yes, he sacrificed his only begotten son for us...knowing us so completely, knowing our human nature, that we would always have short comings and not by our own nature seek him. He loved us so much that he knew that this was the only way and do so un-selfishly....I cannot think of a greater Love than that. I also reflect back sometimes to the old testimant concerning this. Numbers and Levicitus where the priest (Aaron's Sons)had to make sacrifice offerings to God on the alter as a peace offering, an atonement for sins for the people. I can't help but think, God being as he is..omnipresent, omipotent, knowing all things...Knew that we as a people could not keep these commandments, contine the sin offerings, therefore he offered the greatest sin offering of all....His beloved Son in whom he was well pleased. My heart just overflows when I think of such a great love. There will never ever be a Love that could compare to that. | ||||||