Selwyn continues to consider the act of kindness shown to Jesus when he called out: ‘I am thirsty.’
We are told in Mark 15:36; “One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink.”
I think we would all agree with Selwyn when he says:Â ” [...]
We now move on to the fifth cry from the cross. John 19:28-29: “Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scriptue would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty.’ A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the [...]
I think it is a mystery that we will not fully understand this side of the grave. Did God really separate Himself from Jesus or was it that Jesus felt the separation because of the sin he took upon Himself. Some like Calvin think that unless Jesus’ soul shared in the punishment we would not [...]
The verses set for Reading and Meditation are worth thinking about, especially the main verse: ‘God made him, who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.’
It’s important to be aware that our good deeds do not ‘balance out’ our sins - our good deeds [...]
I like what Selwyn has to say about the consequences of sin: “Our Lord … not only saw the hideousness of sin and tasted it, but He experienced also the bitterness of its consequences. And what are the consequences of sin? Separation from God. The logical, irresistible, irrevocable, consequences of sin is to be God-forsaken.” [...]
Today, Selwyn considers Jesus’ spiritual pain. He says: “The first thing, I believe, that caused our Lord intense spiritual pain on the cross was the fact that He experienced the utter hideousness of sin. … Our Lord experienced sin at Calvary in a way He had never experienced it before. He had always been aware of [...]
Christ – still thirsty!
Selwyn makes a good point when he says ‘that by their actions or indifference, people can hurt Him, just as He was hurt on Calvary.’
I don’t entirely agree with Selwyn in his application of the verses (especially verse 6)Â set for Reading and Meditation – these verses in Hebrews, Chapter 6:1-12, are referring to a particular [...]
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