Equipping Christians to become disciples
Consider now this lengthy passage from Mark’s gospel, together with some short extracts from the other gospels. These show the sequence of events from Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate which led to Him being sentenced to death and then to the execution being carried out. …
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Jesus was very afraid and full of dread on the night before His arrest and trial, as He faced what lay ahead of Him the next day. But He bravely carried on with it. Reflect on the passage below and try to imagine the intensity …
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In enduring what He went through, Jesus was extraordinarily heroic. He is the bravest man who ever lived. We tend to overlook the outstanding courage and endurance that He showed. It was at a level far higher than that shown even by those who win medals like the …
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Jesus was nailed onto a wooden cross with long nails through His wrists and heel bones. This was done after He had been flogged with a whip and had a ‘crown’ of long sharp thorns pressed into His head. This was done to cause pain, …
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Jesus Christ, the Son of God, lived on the earth as a man for about 33-34 years. He was probably born in the year 4 BC – our calendar is slightly out of line. During His life He never committed any sin whatsoever. He was …
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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV) 5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form …
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In the eighth century BC Isaiah spoke of how a virgin would conceive and give birth to a son and how that son born to her would be God. The word that the prophet Isaiah uses is ‘Immanuel’ which means ‘God with us’. So, even centuries …
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Everything that God did during the time of the Old Testament was directed towards the coming of His Son to be the Messiah and to establish a Kingdom. This would make all the other kingdoms in this world seem small and insignificant by comparison. In …
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You will note that so far in this chapter we have looked solely at what God was doing for Israel, His chosen people. However, if you are a Gentile (non Jew) like me, then be reassured. This whole plan that God made foresaw you and …
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We saw above how God promised to form a nation (Israel) through Abraham. God told him that that promise would be fulfilled through his adult son Isaac and through no other son. However, when Isaac was about 33 years of age God told Abraham to go to …
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