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Mark 15:34) What does Jesus' Fourth Word from the cross teach us about faith? About commitment? About love? What effect should this understanding have on our lives?
The Fourth Word from the cross teaches us about faith: though Jesus was in agony and the throes death, He still rusted His Father, and was crying out to Him for help. His Father's back was turned away from Him because of the sins of the world carried on Him, and yet even in separation rom His Father, Jesus, lives total by faith, He knew His Father was there.
About commitment:Jesus endured abandonment and separation from His Father, so that you and I will never experience being forsaken by Him. He experienced for us the God-abandonment which we would experience had He not gone through it in our place or on our behalf. Jesus did this for us. It shows the great love He had for ALL MANKIND.
About love: Jesus agonizing saying from the cross teaches us something about how much the Father and Son both love us…..so much that they are willing to sever (cut) for a time their love for each other. It shows how precious we are to God as His creatures.
What effect should this understanding have on our lives:
It should transform our understanding of how precious we are as individuals to Him. It should increase our devotion and obedience to Him. His love should be returned to Him every day of our lives and with every free, cleansed breath that we breathe. A verse from the Old Testament helps us understand: "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2)
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Mark 15:34) What does Jesus' Fourth Word from the cross teach us about faith? About commitment? About love? What effect should this understanding have on our lives?
The Fourth Word from the cross teaches us about faith: though Jesus was in agony and the throes death, He still rusted His Father, and was crying out to Him for help. His Father's back was turned away from Him because of the sins of the world carried on Him, and yet even in separation rom His Father, Jesus, lives total by faith, He knew His Father was there.
About commitment:Jesus endured abandonment and separation from His Father, so that you and I will never experience being forsaken by Him. He experienced for us the God-abandonment which we would experience had He not gone through it in our place or on our behalf. Jesus did this for us. It shows the great love He had for ALL MANKIND.
About love: Jesus agonizing saying from the cross teaches us something about how much the Father and Son both love us…..so much that they are willing to sever (cut) for a time their love for each other. It shows how precious we are to God as His creatures.
What effect should this understanding have on our lives:
It should transform our understanding of how precious we are as individuals to Him. It should increase our devotion and obedience to Him. His love should be returned to Him every day of our lives and with every free, cleansed breath that we breathe. A verse from the Old Testament helps us understand: "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2)
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Mark 15:34) What does Jesus' Fourth Word from the cross teach us about faith? About commitment? About love? What effect should this understanding have on our lives?
The Fourth Word from the cross teaches us about faith: though Jesus was in agony and the throes death, He still rusted His Father, and was crying out to Him for help. His Father's back was turned away from Him because of the sins of the world carried on Him, and yet even in separation rom His Father, Jesus, lives total by faith, He knew His Father was there.
About commitment:Jesus endured abandonment and separation from His Father, so that you and I will never experience being forsaken by Him. He experienced for us the God-abandonment which we would experience had He not gone through it in our place or on our behalf. Jesus did this for us. It shows the great love He had for ALL MANKIND.
About love: Jesus agonizing saying from the cross teaches us something about how much the Father and Son both love us…..so much that they are willing to sever (cut) for a time their love for each other. It shows how precious we are to God as His creatures.
What effect should this understanding have on our lives:
It should transform our understanding of how precious we are as individuals to Him. It should increase our devotion and obedience to Him. His love should be returned to Him every day of our lives and with every free, cleansed breath that we breathe. A verse from the Old Testament helps us understand: "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2)
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(John 19:26-27) Why does Jesus make St. John responsible for his mother Mary? What does this tell us about Jesus? How should we apply this in our own lives?
St. John, one of three disciples closest to him and he loved him, also he is the only male disciple who is at the foot of the cross as Jesus is dying. The others are were too afraid to be so closely identified with a man condemned by the Romans, as well as by the leaders of their own people (Mark 14:50; Luke 23:49). But St. John is nearby possibly accompanying his own mother (Mary's sister).
This shows the compassion and love of Christ for his mother. He now, in his dying moments, commits her to the care of St. John the Apostle, which is an exemplar of his humanity. This in particular, of honoring parents, and providing for them in distress, and old age.
We should apply this to our lives by, first, loving our parents no matter what. Jesus, too, had felt the hurt of misunderstanding from his family, even his mother. It's apparent that during part of his ministry, at least, his family didn't understand him. Second, taking responsibility for family obligations. Jesus was clear that his disciples must put commitment to him above family relationships. Here at the end of his life, we see in Jesus the tender love of a son for his mother, a mother who had sometimes misunderstood him. As he dies he settles his earthly obligations as best he can, we hear him say, "Dear woman, here is your son ... Here is your mother" (John 19:26-27).
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Why is the thief's faith so astounding in this situation? What did the thief receive that day? What do you think this meant to Jesus?
The second bandit may be condemned to death, but he has not lost his faith, for he asks, "Don't you fear God?" To stand by and participate in such an unrighteous act as to execute an innocent man is an impious, sinful act. The second brigand refuses to desert his sense of right and wrong. "Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.'" A fellow condemned man, looks to the center cross and sees not another dying man, but the Messiah himself. He understands that Jesus is not an impostor and that he will still receive the Kingdom that belongs to the Messiah. He confessed his sins, "We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve" (Luke 23:41). He repents maybe not verbally but in his heart. His repentance and hope prompt his plea for mercy, "Remember me...."
Because of his faith, the thief received a promise that he will have a home in the Kingdom (presence with Christ in paradise!). "Jesus answered him, 'I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.'" (Luke 23:43).
It must have meant a great deal to find a believer, and a very strong believer because Jesus was often surrounded by unbelievers. Even His disciples themselves often exhibited "little faith." Jesus is amazed at the man: "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel" (Luke 7:9).
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Who is responsible for killing Jesus? we are because he bored our sins, (corruption, weakness, pettiness, etc...), of the world upon his shoulders.
What responsibility do you and I have in this? Our responsibility is to do the right thing even if it goes against popular belief.
In what sense was Jesus praying? He was praying in a sense that He forgot his own anguish out of a concern for the salvation of the Accusers He asked His Father to forgive them because they were ignorant to the fact they did not know what they were doing.
Q4. My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? (Mark 15:34)
in Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross
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Mark 15:34) What does Jesus' Fourth Word from the cross teach us about faith? About commitment? About love? What effect should this understanding have on our lives?
The Fourth Word from the cross teaches us about faith: though Jesus was in agony and the throes death, He still rusted His Father, and was crying out to Him for help. His Father's back was turned away from Him because of the sins of the world carried on Him, and yet even in separation rom His Father, Jesus, lives total by faith, He knew His Father was there.
About commitment:Jesus endured abandonment and separation from His Father, so that you and I will never experience being forsaken by Him. He experienced for us the God-abandonment which we would experience had He not gone through it in our place or on our behalf. Jesus did this for us. It shows the great love He had for ALL MANKIND.
About love: Jesus agonizing saying from the cross teaches us something about how much the Father and Son both love us…..so much that they are willing to sever (cut) for a time their love for each other. It shows how precious we are to God as His creatures.
What effect should this understanding have on our lives:
It should transform our understanding of how precious we are as individuals to Him. It should increase our devotion and obedience to Him. His love should be returned to Him every day of our lives and with every free, cleansed breath that we breathe. A verse from the Old Testament helps us understand: "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2)