About Jesus. No one took His life.
Remember Jesus’ messages in John 10:17-18,
“Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from my Father.”
In John 19:30-37 it reads, “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, ‘It is finished,’ and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost. Therefore, because it was preparation day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out…For these things were done that the scripture should be fulfilled, ‘Not one of His bones shall be broken’{Psalms 34:20}.
In Matthew 6:12, Jesus tells us that in order for our debts, to be forgiven we must first forgive our debtors, and in Ephesians 4:30-32 it says,
“And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you with all malice; and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God, for Christ’s sake, hath forgiven you.”
Therefore, on His death bed which happened to be a cross, Jesus shows us from His example in Luke 23:34 that He practices what He preaches, and He had all the right reasons and causes to hate, but instead He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” He could have come down from the cross and saved Himself, but He decided to die, just to save us. He could have called down legions of Angels if He wanted to as He said in Matthew 26:53, “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and He shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?” Jesus is the most fearless and most powerful man who ever walked the face of this earth, and He chose to forgive, all His enemies and those who harmed Him, and that was His first message to us.
Do you have a heart of compassion that is ready to forgive?
When you consider the condition Jesus was in, it didn’t matter, He was still about His Father’s business, His job was to seek and save those who are lost (Matthew 18:11(within the lost sheep parable; Luke 19:10), His job title or description was not to save the righteous, but sinners to repentance (Luke 5:32), He was not here for one set of people but all, and despite His predicament, He was still saving the lost sheep. In Luke 23:43 you see His compassion on full display, He forgot His agony and helped a repentive thief who asked for mercy, and Jesus’ response was, “Truly, I say to you, Today you will be with me in paradise.” His message to us is that no matter what you are going through, even on your death bed, introduce someone to Him, who doesn’t know about all that He suffered on Calvary for us.
Is there someone who you need to extend forgiveness to today?
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All glory, honor, praise and thanks go to God for using me to deliver this message. I pray that He will give all who read this message the spiritual gifts necessary to comprehend and act upon His word. I exercise my power and authority in the name of Jesus to bind every tactic of the enemy that will try to stop, hinder, or prevent this word from reaching its intended people. I loose the Holy Spirit and the Heavenly angels to secure this word so that it reaches its intended people, according to Matthew 16:19 and Luke 10:19 in the omnipotent name of Jesus, Amen.
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