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33 articles, ordered by date published, newest first.
Matthew and Mark start with the 3rd utterance, and while Luke records the 1st utterance, this Evangelist skips two utterances and immediately proceeds to the 4th utterance. It is up to interpreters to do the hard work of harmonization.
Read →Nobody ever gets saved without coming before *the Cross of Jesus Christ. The Evangelists of our Gospel bring these scenes before us in 3 chapters each (Matt. 26-28, Mk. 14-16, Lk. 22-24, Jn. 18-20).
Read →This intercessory prayer was louder than thunder. It shook the third Heaven! It struck deep into the holy heart of the Father. So far from desertion, what we are seeing here is triumphant intercession!
Read →The Son of God had a certain expectation of death, even while His adversaries were challenging Him to come down from the Cross and live as the proof of His messianic identity!
Read →In reality, the Son of God was being forsaken in a different way, and for different reasons, according to the overall testimony of Psalm 22. The questions asked in Psalm 22:1 are being answered in Psalm 22:2-31.
Read →The Doctrine of the Tree punctuates the Law in the Book of Joshua. This punctuation brings the needed closure to the story of divine wrath being depicted in the Law.
Read →Habakkuk is not very well known among modern bible students. As a Prophet of God, some would argue that he contributed very little to the whole counsel of God provided in Scripture. Hasty readers lightly esteem the brevity of his message.
Read →Comprehending the distinct roles of these two Offices, their relationship to each other, and their ability to have face to face meetings with God in the Tabernacle, is essential to Christology.
Read →God tested Abraham with the trial of his life. The word of the LORD came to Abraham, and the renowned Patriarch was immediately filled with unspeakable anguish. God commanded him to give up his son,
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33 articles, ordered by date published, oldest first.
Readers of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John should be wondering what, if anything, could ever make Jesus Christ experience sorrow and fear while suffering. This question is absolutely vital to a personal discovery of the Passion of Jesus Christ.
Read →If indeed, here, in the Garden of Gethsemane, the sins of the world were imputed into the body of Jesus Christ for the very first time, then this is the beginning of the greatest conflict the world has ever seen.
Read →Still more think that these other episodes of suffering are not worthy to be mentioned while preaching the Atonement because it may undermine or distract people from the Cross. Nevertheless, Spurgeon very boldly declared that “the Passion began in Gethsemane”
Read →Even the most uncommon circumstances couldn’t trouble this extraordinary Man: starving to death, getting murdered by an angry mob, encountering a legion of devils, or being overtaken by a deadly storm in the middle of the sea.
Read →In a downpour of divine wrath that no other living being could survive, beginning in Gethsemane, the newly resolved Spirit of our Lord emerged out of the Garden more determined than ever (Heb. 9:14).
Read →Suddenly, our Lord became spiritually aware of the wrath of God descending upon His sacred head, and therefore the Son of God became “exceeding sorrowful even unto death” (Matt. 26:38).
Read →This was the awakening of the sword of divine justice for the smiting of Jesus Christ! Why? Because of the imputation of sin at the Garden. Of course, this was something everyone else couldn’t see at the time.
Read →Nevertheless, it was necessary that Jesus Christ refrained from making a verbal defense in the court of the Jews. What a scene it must have been from the standpoint of the Lord of Glory (2 Kings 6:17)!
Read →Pilate’s determination to liberate Jesus is a little-known fact about the plot of the crucifixion story. However, this further confirms the message of the Gospel in the Passion of Jesus Christ.
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