Friday, March 5, 2010
Jesus’ Attitude
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself and became obedient
to death even death on a cross.”
Philippians 2:8 (NIV)
Jesus humbled Himself. He asked God three times to not let Him go to the cross, but the ending of His prayer was “not my will but your will be done.” He knew it was His Father’s plan, accepted it, and obeyed.
Crucifixion was the Roman way of dealing with the most severe of criminals. It is thought to be the most horrible of deaths at that time. But Jesus had done nothing to deserve it.
He had to learn obedience in order to achieve what God wanted for Him. He became like us in order to guide us through our days here on Earth. He took upon himself the sin of us all. He bore every cross word, bad thought, lie, broken promise, tidbit of gossip and misconception we ever had or gave.
He chose, for our sakes, to be obedient to the Father. He did these things because of His great love for us.
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andrea
So true, QS. So true.
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