OzThoughts Wednesday 7th January 2009

OzThoughts Wednesday 7th January 2009



For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
... And he will be called
…Mighty God…
(Isaiah 9: 6 New International Version).


“Was Jesus almighty God?” is the question asked about Jesus ‘from birth to dying cry’.
In recent days, we have thought about his birth. We have thought far too briefly, of the events in his life pointing to Jesus being God.

The conflict never ceased. Mark records the conflict as Jesus hung on the cross. However, it is the words of the Roman soldier, a captain and a man hardened against grief by the common scenes of men dying, that ring in my mind today: "This has to be the Son of God!"

Prayer:

Father, thank you again for Jesus and his birth and death. Help me to understand more fully all this means for me. Amen.

Mark 15:25-45 (The Message)
25 They nailed him up at nine o'clock in the morning.
26 The charge against him--THE KING OF THE JEWS-was printed on a poster.
27 Along with him, they crucified two criminals, one to his right, the other to his left.
29 People passing along the road jeered, shaking their heads in mock lament: "You bragged that you could tear down the Temple and then rebuild it in three days—
30 so show us your stuff! Save yourself! If you're really God's Son, come down from that cross!"
31 The high priests, along with the religion scholars, were right there mixing it up with the rest of them, having a great time poking fun at him: "He saved others--but he can't save himself!
32 Messiah, is he? King of Israel? Then let him climb down from that cross. We'll all become believers then!" Even the men crucified alongside him joined in the mockery.
33 At noon the sky became extremely dark.
34 The darkness lasted three hours. At three o'clock, Jesus groaned out of the depths, crying loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
35 Some of the bystanders who heard him said, "Listen, he's calling for Elijah."
36 Someone ran off, soaked a sponge in sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down."
37 But Jesus, with a loud cry, gave his last breath.
38 At that moment the Temple curtain ripped right down the middle.
39 When the Roman captain standing guard in front of him saw that he had quit breathing, he said, "This has to be the Son of God!"
A light came out of darkness;
No light, no hope had we,
Till Jesus came from Heaven
Our light and hope to be.
Oh, as I read the story
From birth to dying cry,
A longing fills my bosom
To meet him by and by.

Chorus
Shall you, shall I, meet Jesus by and by?
And when we reach the Glory Land,
We'll swell the song of the angel band.
Shall you, shall I, meet Jesus by and by?

How tender his compassion,
How loving was his call,
How earnest his entreaty
To sinners, one and all.
He wooed and won them to him
By love, and that is why
I long to be like Jesus,
And meet him by and by.

Yet deeper do I ponder,
His cross and sorrow see,
And ever gaze and wonder
Why Jesus died for me.
And shall I fear to own him?
Can I my Lord deny?
No, let me love him, serve him,
And meet him by and by.
Author: William A. Hawley (1870-1929)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 94
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