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The Mountain! Encouraging stories full of discovery and adventure! For Easter...
Our verse is John 10:18 Jesus said: “No one takes (my life) from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.”
Some blame the Romans for Jesus' death. Some think the Jews caused it. But the truth is- Jesus decided the day of his death. There were other players of course, the Romans, the Jews, even that slimy betrayer, Judas Iscariot. Pontius Pilate thought he was judging Jesus, but Jesus told him- “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above.” The director, the master of that death day was Jesus. He entered Jerusalem voluntarily. He prayed publicly, though quietly, in the garden of Gethsemane. He knew exactly what would happen because it was His plan, the plan to become a blood sacrifice for all souls. Blood sacrifice means DEATH. He didn't want to suffer, He chose to suffer. He would become the substitute for our sins.
But... death was only half the story. Listen again to what he said- “I lay my life down voluntarily, I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it up again. The day we Christians celebrate is Take Life Up Day! Three days after Jesus brutal execution, he came out of the grave, he took his life up again. Jesus is the one and only Conqueror of death. Every human lives and dies, Jesus has died and lives again and now He lives forever.. Let's be very happy that Jesus' “Take Life Up Day”- Easter is our “Take Life Up Day!”. Many blessings on every Mountain listener!
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The Mountain! Encouraging stories full of discovery and adventure! For Easter...
Our verse is John 10:18 Jesus said: “No one takes (my life) from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.”
Some blame the Romans for Jesus' death. Some think the Jews caused it. But the truth is- Jesus decided the day of his death. There were other players of course, the Romans, the Jews, even that slimy betrayer, Judas Iscariot. Pontius Pilate thought he was judging Jesus, but Jesus told him- “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above.” The director, the master of that death day was Jesus. He entered Jerusalem voluntarily. He prayed publicly, though quietly, in the garden of Gethsemane. He knew exactly what would happen because it was His plan, the plan to become a blood sacrifice for all souls. Blood sacrifice means DEATH. He didn't want to suffer, He chose to suffer. He would become the substitute for our sins.
But... death was only half the story. Listen again to what he said- “I lay my life down voluntarily, I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it up again. The day we Christians celebrate is Take Life Up Day! Three days after Jesus brutal execution, he came out of the grave, he took his life up again. Jesus is the one and only Conqueror of death. Every human lives and dies, Jesus has died and lives again and now He lives forever.. Let's be very happy that Jesus' “Take Life Up Day”- Easter is our “Take Life Up Day!”. Many blessings on every Mountain listener!