Ben Bonython shares from the 7th word from the Cross - Trust.
By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle.6 Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last.
Read MorePr Barry Silverback shares from the 6th word from the Cross - It is Finished.
Hebrews 5 says
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him
We can now begin where Jesus said it was finished. His finishing is our beginning. And now we learn also to obey not to produce anything through works, but to serve Him.
What tree do you sit under?
Read More28 Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips." (John 19:28-29)
Read More“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46, KJV). This cry is a fulfillment of Psalm 22:1, one of many parallels between that psalm and the specific events of the crucifixion.
Read More"25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, 'Dear woman, here is your son,' 27 and to the disciple, 'Here is your mother.' From that time on, this disciple took her into his home." (John 19:25-27)
Read MoreLk 23:43 says I assure you…today you will be with me in paradise The word for today is salvation.
Read MoreLk 23:34 says Father, forgive them…for they don’t know what they are doing. The word for today is forgiveness.
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