God’s tender Love for You and Me: The Story of love and ...

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God's tender Love for You and Me:

The Story of affection and Redemption

through Dr. Ted Baehr, publisher

The passion Week beginning with Palm Sunday culminating on Easter is set God's gentle love. when we event pain, struggling and need, most of us desire God to love us and take care of us in our want.

This ardour week is the foremost drama ever told. it's the story of love and redemption. God who's the most advantageous dramatist tells the audience exactly the place the story is going, as any respectable script may still do, a thousand years earlier than it took place in Psalm 118 and Psalm 30, and in Isaiah, which became written 700 years before the passion of Jesus Christ.

The prayer used around the globe in lots of churches summarizes the Scripture readings for Palm Sunday:

"Jesus Christ is wholly man and thoroughly God, in order that He could take Hpon him, your sin and mine. here's the Creator of the universe who's utterly man and is totally God."

I look at you and most of my chums as being loving and sort. In distinction, my life changed into despicable earlier than Jesus Christ rescued me. My fogeys had been film and Broadway stars. because it turned into up and down financially, earlier than residuals, they had been now not Christians, but in its place into all styles of intellect over rely religions. When my mother died when i used to be young, I did lots of medicine and a lot of nefarious self-damaging undertaking, and looked for love in all of the incorrect locations. individuals were damage, deeply. One pal who joined in our drug fests and was the son of the person who owned MGM, really blew his brains out. If I hadn't been saved via Jesus Christ, I'd still be hurting myself and others. . . or useless. for this reason, I'm so grateful that Jesus saved me.

here's the most captivating week of the yr. It begins off with the positive entry into Jerusalem; continues in the course of the horror of the crucifixion, when Jesus took all my falling short and sin and yours on the go; and, goes to the most desirable victory, which of direction, is Jesus Christ's Resurrection.

The passage in Matthew 21:1-eleven is pleasant prophesy:

When Jesus and his disciples had come close Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, announcing to them, "Go into the village forward of you, and automatically you are going to discover a donkey tied, and a colt together with her; untie them and bring them to me. If any individual says the rest to you, simply say this, `The Lord wants them.' And he'll ship them immediately." This took place to satisfy what had been spoken through the prophet, announcing,

"tell the daughter of Zion,

appear, your king is coming to you,

humble, and established on a donkey,

and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they introduced the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. a really tremendous crowd unfold their cloaks on the highway, and others cut branches from the timber and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed have been shouting,

"Hosanna to the Son of David!

Blessed is the one who is available in the name of the Lord!

Hosanna in the optimum heaven!"

When he entered Jerusalem, the complete city turned into in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?" The crowds had been saying, "here is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."

Jesus sends two disciples off to get this colt that he's estimated to be riding. in Zachariah, about 500 years before Jesus's passion. The colt is so young that here's the first time it's ever been ridden. If any one says anything to them, they're purported to just say, "The Lord wants it."

That's not going to work in twenty first Century the usa, nonetheless it labored at the time of Jesus Christ as a result of every person knew that He became pleasing prophesy. every step alongside the style became estimated. When they are spreading the branches as foretold in Psalm 118, Jesus didn't need to say, "I'm the Messianic King," because the individuals were asserting that he's the King. The entire of Jerusalem is saying it. people are yelling, "Hosanna." Matthew pointed out it became like an earthquake.

for this reason, the readings nowadays birth with an earthquake: individuals proclaiming the coming of the Messianic King Jesus; and then there's an earthquake at 3 o'clock within the afternoon when Jesus dies at the accurate time of the evening sacrifice for sin; and then, a further when he is resurrected.

in fact, "hosanna" is a combination of a Hebrew notice and an Aramaic word mashed together that say plenty. The Aramaic word says, "Blessed is he who is available in the name of the Lord." The Hebrew be aware says, "save us now" or, "Heal us now, Lord." So, this hosanna can be translated, Blessed are you Jesus who comes in the identify of the Lord, please retailer and heal us now.

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 predicts the triumphal entry of the King:

1 supply because of the LORD, for he is respectable; *

his mercy endures for ever.

2 Let Israel now proclaim, *

"His mercy endures for ever."

19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; *

i will enter them;

i'll present thanks to the LORD.

20 "here is the gate of the LORD; *

he who's righteous may also enter."

21 i will provide due to you, for you answered me *

and have develop into my salvation.

22 The same stone which the builders rejected *

has turn into the executive cornerstone.

23 here's the LORD's doing, *

and it is astounding in our eyes.

24 On at the present time the LORD has acted; *

we can rejoice and be happy in it.

25 Hosannah, LORD, hosannah! *

LORD, send us now success.

26 Blessed is he who is available in the name of the Lord; *

we bless you from the house of the LORD.

27 God is the LORD; he has shined upon us; *

kind a procession with branches as much as the horns of the altar.

28 "you are my God, and that i will thanks; *

you are my God, and i will exalt you."

29 give due to the LORD, for he's good; *

his mercy endures invariably.

So, Jesus instructions a gate it is all the time closed in Jerusalem to be opened. it can best be entered by the high priest or the Messiah. The Messiah Jesus goes up, via this gate, up, as much as the altar. only 1 excessive priest become allowed to move to the horns of the altar.

individuals had been hurting. They desire Him to get before the Lord, earlier than God himself, the father, whom no man has considered. except, they don't understand yet what Colossians 1:15 says, "The only visible image of the invisible God is Jesus Christ." They wanted to say to God, Feed us now, do something about us now, we're beneath oppression now.

Isaiah 50:4-9, written seven-hundred years before Jesus's ardour, is the third of 4 struggling servant songs:

The Lord GOD has given me

the tongue of a instructor,

that i could comprehend a way to sustain

the weary with a word.

Morning through morning he wakens—

wakens my ear

to listen as people that are taught.

The Lord GOD has opened my ear,

and i was no longer rebellious,

I didn't flip backward.

I gave my returned to people that struck me,

and my cheeks to those that pulled out the beard;

I didn't disguise my face

from insult and spitting.

The Lord GOD helps me;

hence I haven't been disgraced;

therefore I even have set my face like flint,

and i recognize that I shall no longer be put to shame;

he who vindicates me is close.

Who will contend with me?

allow us to get up collectively.

who are my adversaries?

allow them to confront me.

it is the Lord GOD who helps me;

who will declare me guilty?

He incorporates out God's mission within the face of ridicule and opposition. He's confident that God will sustain him.

Now, what's he doing that explanations so much obstacle? God wakes Him up early to assist the weary, to heal the blind, to heal the lame, to comfort the prisoner, and to feed the hungry.

What does He get for it? He receives to be beaten, like a crook. He receives His beard pulled out with contempt. He receives spit on with hatred.

Matthew 27:11-fifty four is extraordinary to read:

Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so." however when he turned into accused by way of the chief clergymen and elders, he didn't reply. Then Pilate observed to him, "Do you no longer hear what number of accusations they make in opposition t you?" however he gave him no answer, now not even to a single charge, so that the governor became vastly amazed.

Now at the festival the governor became aware of release a prisoner for the crowd, any individual whom they desired. at the moment they had a infamous prisoner, referred to as Jesus Barabbas. So after they had gathered, Pilate stated to them, "Whom do you need me to unlock for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who's referred to as the Messiah?" For he realized that it changed into out of jealousy that they'd surpassed him over. while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife despatched observe to him, "don't have anything to do with that blameless man, for nowadays I actually have suffered a very good deal on account of a dream about him." Now the chief clergymen and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. The governor again mentioned to them, "Which of the two do you want me to free up for you?" and that they noted, "Barabbas." Pilate spoke of to them, "Then what should still I do with Jesus who's known as the Messiah?" All of them pointed out, "Let him be crucified!" Then he asked, "Why, what evil has he completed?" but they shouted all the extra, "Let him be crucified!"

So when Pilate saw that he may do nothing, however somewhat that a revolt become starting, he took some water and washed his hands earlier than the crowd, saying, "i'm blameless of this man's blood; see to it yourselves." Then the individuals as a whole answered, "His blood be on us and on our infants!" So he launched Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he exceeded him over to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the entire cohort around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet gown on him, and after twisting some thorns right into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his appropriate hand and knelt earlier than him and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" They spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the top. After mocking him, they stripped him of the robe and put his personal clothing on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

As they went out, they came upon a person from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his pass. And after they got here to a spot referred to as Golgotha (which skill vicinity of a cranium), they provided him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but when he tasted it, he would now not drink it. And when they'd crucified him, they divided his outfits among themselves through casting plenty; then they sat down there and kept watch over him. Over his head they put the can charge towards him, which examine, "here's Jesus, the King of the Jews."

Then two bandits have been crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. people who handed via derided him, shaking their heads and announcing, "You who would break the temple and build it in three days, save your self! if you're the Son of God, come down from the move." within the same approach the chief clergymen additionally, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking him, saying, "He saved others; he can't store himself. he's the King of Israel; let him come down from the move now, and we can trust in him. He trusts in God; let God convey him now, if he desires to; for he spoke of, 'i am God's Son.'" The bandits who were crucified with him also taunted him in the equal means.

From noon on, darkness came visiting the entire land unless three in the afternoon. And about three o'clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" it is, "My God, my God, why have you ever forsaken me?" When some of the bystanders heard it, they referred to, "This man is asking for Elijah." without delay one in every of them ran and acquired a sponge, crammed it with bitter wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink. however the others talked about, "Wait, allow us to see whether Elijah will come to shop him." Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice and breathed his ultimate. At that moment the curtain of the temple changed into torn in two, from accurate to backside. The earth shook, and the rocks had been break up. The tombs also were opened, and a lot of bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep have been raised. After his resurrection they got here out of the tombs and entered the holy metropolis and gave the impression to ma ny. Now when the centurion and those with him, who have been maintaining watch over Jesus, noticed the earthquake and what took region, they had been terrified and talked about, "in fact this man become God's Son!"

The can charge mentioned that Jesus became a king. He replies, "My kingdom isn't of this world." So, Pilate understands that Jesus is not a possibility to Caesar, therefore, he offers the americans a call.

have you idea concerning the alternative?

Pilate is offering a assassin, a liar, a thief, a revolt, who's named Jesus Barabbas. What does Barabbas suggest? Jesus Bar Rabbi ability the son of a instructor, a rabbi. Pilate offers them the option, that you can opt for Jesus Barabbas, the son of the trainer of the legislations, who couldn't hold the legislation or Jesus the Son of God, who wakes up early in the morning to help the weary, to heal the blind, to heal the lame, to comfort the prisoner, and to feed the hungry. Of course, they choose Barabbas, which is horrendous.

Then, Pilate's spouse Claudia involves Pilate and says, "I had a dream that Jesus become blameless." So, Pilate pronounces Jesus innocent. In response, the Pharisees and the Sadducees say, "Let his blood be on us." thus, His blood in lots of ways was on them on the destruction of Jerusalem. It become so gruesome that individuals were consuming the children, first their neighbors, then their own.

throughout Jesus' passion, the Romans were mocking Jesus. for that reason, Jesus become never comforted, so that we can be comforted. And, Jesus changed into cursed, so that we might possibly be blessed.

He goes up to be crucified on the "location of the cranium", or "Golgotha" in Hebrew or "Calvary" in Latin. The ladies are offering Him a narcotic drink that they offer to the entire people being crucified, in order that they'd believe less pain, because crucifixion become probably the most painful variety of death. Jesus refuses it because He desires to take every and each person's sins.

We've all fallen in need of the glory of God. after I feel of my sins, I think how a good deal He should have suffered. He embraced dying for you and me.

They put an indication above his move. There's been more than one hundred fifty films about Jesus considering the fact that 1897. if you've seen the films, you see three crosses, just one has a sign on it. but, definitely, on the time of Jesus Christ, most of the crosses had signals on them to warn the passersby no longer to commit the crime written on the sign: murder, adulterer, thief, and so forth. there have been individuals crucified the entire approach from Jerusalem to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast. The only movie that I do not forget that shows that in an impressive method is THE young MESSIAH. When it came to Jesus, the sign study, "The King of the Jews."

They mocked Him except the pitch black darkness fell over the land, at three pm within the afternoon! That darkness was horrifying, as a result of they concept God brings judgment within the darkness.

just earlier than He dies, He says whatever that He's in no way pointed out before. Jesus always calls God "Father" or "Daddy", which is  "Abba", as in "Our father who paintings in heaven, hallowed be thy name." On the go, He says, "My God, my God." Now, why does he say, "My God, my God?" as a result of he's quoting Psalm 22. It's identical to, when toddlers are little, you sing, "Row, row, row your boat," and that they'll give you the relaxation of the track. As quickly as Jesus says, "My God, my God," the people on the foot of the pass, be mindful this refers to Psalm 22, which tells the whole story of the crucifixion. on the end of Psalm 22, it's a victory. So, He's asserting, you're scared, but don't agonize. be aware Psalm 22. There's a victory at the end of all this. for this reason, He dies at three o'clock in the afternoon, the time of the evening sacrifice. it's the sin offering. the place have been those lambs for the sin offering born? In Bethlehem, the place Jesus become born, a few miles from Jerusalem. The purest lamb changed into taken, sacrificed and died in Jerusalem at that very time at 3 o'clock. but this time, the sinless lamb is Jesus Christ.

Then the earthquake came, and the curtain of the Temple is torn from properly to bottom. Does any one know the way huge this curtain was? It turned into as thick as the palm of your hand. It changed into 30 ft high and 60 feet long. It took 300 americans to position it up on the hooks since it became so heavy.

Now, I grew up on Broadway. just think about when a big Broadway curtain pulls across that gigantic stage and jams, attempting raise up a curtain it is that heavy and that thick. It's just about not possible. And, it tore at that second.

So, the Jews are shaken. Why? because unexpectedly, you have entry to God without the priest. The barrier to entry has been eliminated. in case you say, "Hosanna, shop me Lord," God hears you because we can now go up to the horns of the alter.

Then, the tombs open, and when Jesus is resurrected, the saints come out.

There are a lot of resurrections within the Bible, including Lazarus, all these saints which are popping out of their tombs, and the people who died whom Jesus brought back to lifestyles.

All these resurrections are only telling you, "this is going to occur." here is for precise.

Jesus' resurrection isn't practically Jesus. It's about you; it's about each and every of us who will be resurrected.

within the early church, up unless Constantine, all of the paintings, murals, statues, and so on., were of the resurrected Jesus. if you go to the cathedral in Ravina, Italy  these days, you see the resurrected Jesus in the stained glass. in case you go up to Galilee, you see the resurrected Jesus in the mosaic.

The crucified Jesus become best after Constantine noticed the move in the air, and God instructed him to color the cross on his necessities and that grew to become the focal element.

but, we're no longer left hanging on the pass. The story didn't conclusion with Jesus demise on the pass.

The story of sin ends; and the greatest story ever told starts off with Jesus' resurrection.

We comprehend that he wasn't within the tomb as a result of they noted an entire cohort changed into ordered to observe the tomb. A cohort was constantly 16. In most films it's two individuals and one among them is inebriated. the style they set that safeguard at Jesus' tomb is that 4 of them would look forward to four hours, and then sleep. The rest of them would sleep in a semi-circle pointing their arms toward the tomb. If any thief desired to get that body, they'd should stroll over the bodies of those soldiers, not to point out the guards, who were standing watch. once, the robbers got there, they needed to stream a two-ton stone that took many men to stream.

how many thieves might walk past and over all of those centurions, who knew that they have been going to die in the event that they let this tomb be robbed, after which eliminate a two-ton stone? It's inconceivable.

nevertheless, the stone was rolled away.

After He resurrected, Jesus perceived to his disciples. however, Thomas turned into not there, so, Thomas doubted. Then, per week later, Thomas put his finger in Jesus' hands, and his finger in Jesus' facet.

more than 5 hundred americans noticed the resurrected Jesus. They not best noticed him; but additionally, they ate with him and drank with him.

he is the facts: "you are going to be resurrected."

So, what's the moral of every thing this week is all about?

The moral is that here's incredible information. here's the most superb example of God's soft love. That God loves us so a great deal that He gave His best begotten son, Jesus Christ, to save you and me.

What God is calling you nowadays is to trust.

He referred to as you now not best to believe,

however needs you to get hold of the healing,

to obtain the forgiveness,

to acquire the brand new life.

That belief is a gift from God to become an adopted child of God via Jesus Christ.

So, here is the chance to supply due to God

that He gave His simplest son Jesus Christ to carry me from my heinous sin,

and bring every considered one of you, whom i know are lots more desirable than I ever changed into.

So, trust, acquire and become an adopted baby of God and

inheritor of His everlasting Glory.

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