Hello Carleeta, Thanks for posts this here and it's good to read what Jesus say . Addison Groups owner
O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] window live messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carleeta Manser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 9:27 PM Subject: {dbilg} What is Easter > > The Crucifixion Of Jesus > > The shadow of the cross that was raised on Golgotha reaches across the > centuries to offer comfort, forgiveness, and hope to us today. The story > is > almost unbelieveable, for it is hard for us to image such love. "God so > loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son" is the message of the > golden text of the Bible, John Chapter 3, verse 16. Jesus had to love us > beyond measure to give Himself willingly to die for our sins. And we must > complete the story of love by loving Him in return. > > Some of the Jewish leaders hated Jesus because He condemned their sins. > They > did not want to believe the truth He preached, as He urged them to repent > and turn back to God. They became jealous of the great crowds that > followed > Him and believed in Him, and finally decided to get rid of Him by having > Him > killed. > > Since the Jews did not have the right to have a man killed without the > approval of the Roman governor, they had to take Jesus to Pilate. At the > trial they had no evidence of wrong-doing by Jesus, but put enough > pressure > on Pilate that he finally agreed to have the soldiers kill Jesus by > crucifying Him. > > The place where they killed prisoners was outside the city of Jerusalem on > a > small hill called Golgotha or the place of the skull. Here they laid the > cross on the ground while they nailed his hands and feet to it with great > spikes. The cross was then lifted and dropped into a hole in the ground. > The > entire weight of the body tore at the spikes, and the pain was almost > beyond > endurance. The blood began to pound through the body as the shock of what > was happening began to take its toll. As the cells of the body were broken > down it became a living death that sometimes lasted for a few hours, and > could even last for a few days. Since Jesus had been whipped before they > took Him to be crucified, He was already weak from loss of blood. > Mercifully, He lived only a few hours on the cross. > > Even with all the pain, Jesus thought of others rather than Himself. His > first words from the cross were, "Father, forgive them for they know not > what they do". Even though He could have threatened to punish them > eternally > when they faced Him in judgement, he did not do so. He thought of His > mother, who stood by the cross weeping, and asked his beloved friend John > to > take care of her. On either side of Him there were two thieves crucified > with Him. When one of them expressed faith in Jesus, the Saviour answered, > "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise". As the terrible afternoon wore > on > and His pain increased he finally moaned, "I thirst", and was offered > vinegar, which He would not drink. God blotted out the sun as if to let us > know how black the deed which was being done, and out of that blackness > Jesus cried, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?". His final words > expressed his complete surrender to the will of God as He said, "It is > finished; Father into Thy hands I commend my spirit". He then bowed His > head > and died. > > Even the earth could not accept the death of its Creator and Master > without > showing grief. There was a great earthquake which shook the countryside > and > made all people afraid. The only fear which we need to have, however, is > that of refusing the love He showed in dying for us. The theme of our > lives > ought to be, "I'll live for Him who died for me, how happy then my soul > shall be. I'll live for Him who died for me, my Saviour and my God". > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
