Re: [FamilyofGod] Good Friday
Amen! I saw a news headline yesterday that they were crucifying some people, in the middle east.
On Sat Apr 23rd, 2011 3:29 AM CDT shirley lafave wrote:
>SOUNDING OUT:
>Father, Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit
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>Luke 23:46:
>>And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice he said, Father, into thy hands I
>>commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
>Jesus controlled himself the entire time he was on the cross. He held his head
>erect and was aware of all that was going on. It was only after he said, "It is
>finished." That he bowed his head and gave up the ghost.
>All four gospels record the wonderful truth that Jesus layed down his life. They
>didn't kill him, he willingly layed down his life in obedience to his Father's
>will. We just read in Luke 23:46 that it said, "and having said thus, he gave up
>the ghost." Matthew 27:50 also declares, "Jesusâ⬦ yielded up the ghost." Mark
>15:37 also noting, "Jesusâ⬦ gave up the ghost." Similarly John 19:30 declared,
>"he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
>The word "spirit" is the common word pneuma. Here it is usage three which means
>soul life, breath life or the spirit of man. The phrase "gave up the ghost"
>translates a verb from the same root as pneuma: ekpneÅ. It is translated
>"breathed his last" in the NIV & the NRSV. It means "breathe out one's
>life/soul, expire." It's a euphemism for "die."
>Jesus knew he would be required to give his life. However God also had promised
>that if he would do so he could have it back again.
>John 10:11,15,17,18:
>>I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
>>15 ...I lay down my life for the sheep. [Later he explains.]
>>17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might
>>take it again.
>>18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it
>>down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my
>>Father.
>>Matthew 20:28:
>>Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
>>give his life a ransom for many.
>>Philippians 2:8:
>>And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient
>>unto death, even the death of the cross.
>The phrase "gave up the ghost" indicates that he willingly gave up his life. No
>one took it from him; he laid it down. He did not die until the time when all
>was fulfilled. But when all his work for the complete fulfillment of God's
>righteous redemption of mankind was finished, he bowed his head and died. He
>breathed his last breath; his soul life ended.
>About forty hours after his arrest, including prolonged periods of unspeakable
>physical and mental torture, including six excruciating hours of hanging on the
>cross, Jesus Christ gave up his life for you and for me. He died about the ninth
>hour, 3 P.M., the hour the Passover lamb was to be slain. He was a our Passover
>Lamb as II Corinthians says.
>Jesus knew that once he gave up the ghost, he wouldn't be able to do anything.
>When you are dead there is nothing more you can do. Jesus had to rely on Godâ⬦
>he had to trust God to do as He had promised and raise him from the dead. If God
>didn't intercede and raise him from the dead, he would remain dead forever.
>These words are quoted from a Psalm written by David:
>Psalm 31:5:
>>Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.
>Jesus was quoting this Psalm and drawing strength from it's truth. Romans 15:4
>speaks of the patience and comfort of the scriptures. Some versions read the
>endurance and encouragement of the scriptures. In this final act Jesus was
>drawing strength and comfort from God's Word.
>Just before this last act of commitment and obedience that showed his utmost
>trust in his Father, Jesus again running God's Word through his mind, entrusts
>himself to his Father saying, " Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."
>In Psalm 31:5 the word "commit" is the Hebrew verbpÄqad. In our verse it occurs
>in the Hiphil stem, with the meaning "commit, entrust, deposit." The
>corresponding Greek verb in Luke 23:46 is paratithÄmi, meaning, "to entrust to
>someone for safekeeping, give over, entrust, commend, commit to one's charge,"
>particularly, "to entrust someone to the care and protection of someone." As he
>lets his life go, Jesus trusts it to the Father's keeping. Jesus knew he would
>be dead for three days and three nights. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the
>fish Jesus would be in the heart of the earth, gravedom, for three days and
>nights. He must have found comfort in that he had already raised Lazarus from
>the grave after he had been dead for four days. He knew God could do it. In
>laying down his life, he, too, had to believe that God would raise him from the
>dead. That was also a requirement for us in Romans 10:9 and 10.
>Jesus was aware of what was required of him, and he had instructed his disciples
>about it, too.
>Matthew 16:21:
>>From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go
>>unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and
>>scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
>>Matthew 17:22-23:
>>And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be
>>betrayed into the hands of men:
>>23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they
>>were exceeding sorry.
>At the time of Jesus' death, even the physical environment reverberated with the
>effects of that death. The veil in the Temple, a very heavy linen curtain
>embroidered with spun gold, was torn from top to bottom. In addition, there was
>also a great earthquake. Rocks were torn loose and there was a great shaking of
>the earth. Alarm struck the hearts of those nearby. The earthquake was so
>astounding that the Roman centurion in charge of the soldiers guarding the
>crosses at Calvary was convinced by this that Jesus was in truth the Son of God.
>Others nearby began beating their breasts, expressing great awe and concern at
>Jesus' death and the subsequent events. The synchronization of the earthquake
>with the Son of God's death was a powerful sign to Israel and to everyone else
>present.
>Jesus' trust was rewarded because three days later God did indeed raise him from
>the dead. I wonder if Jesus' first thought upon arising were, God You did just
>what You said You would. You have been faithful to Your Word yet again. When he
>shared with the two men on the road to Emaus, he spoke not of his experience,
>but of God's faithfulness to His Word. Jesus showed them that everything God had
>spoken of him that was not yet still future was accomplished. Jesus' trust in
>his Father was rewarded.
>You and I don't need to fear death either. We, like Jesus, can be confident that
>what He has promised us He will also perform. We can trust God to the ultimate
>because God will also get us up and give us a new body in which we will live
>forever.
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> love u,
>Shirley La Fave
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>From: Jo-anne Holliday <spirit.butterflygirl@yahoo.ca>
>To: zzzzzz/me <spirit.butterflygirl@yahoo.ca>
>Sent: Fri, April 22, 2011 7:34:59 AM
>Subject: [FamilyofGod] Good Friday
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>Hope Everyone enjoys their Good Friday
>
>JoAnne
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