The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in John 13:1-3,
"It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God..."
Here in John's account is when Jesus began his activities to provide his atonement for mankind. He had come from God and was now ready to return to the Father, as by this time he had completed all he come to do, save his atonement that he would bring about by dying on that miserable cross.
I note that it was "the devil" who prompted Judas to betray Jesus. Unlike the other disciples, Judas was not a man of faith and was found to be a "useful idiot" for Satan. Judas thought he would get some money for himself and Satan thought he was going to bring an end to the Son of God. However, both were used by God to bring about the one act that brought this world to a standstill. God used a man riddled with avarice and a rebellious spiritual being, the devil, to effect his atonement. In Luke 19:10 we read, "The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
All mankind is "lost". Each and every human being that has ever lived or ever will live has sinned and stands condemned before the court of God. Our Creator has a precise sense of justice and all sin will be paid for. Each and every sin ever committed will be paid for by the life of every person that has ever lived. Revelation 21:8 describes this payment as one that is made by being thrown into a fiery lake of burning sulfur. However, not all will stand condemned before God on his great judgment day. Those who embrace Jesus Christ in faith have crossed over from death to life, "Very truly I [Jesus] tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." John 5:24. Those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ have had their sins paid for through the death of Jesus Christ on that cross. These are the only ones not cast into that fiery lake of burning sulfur on judgment day.
"It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God..."
Here in John's account is when Jesus began his activities to provide his atonement for mankind. He had come from God and was now ready to return to the Father, as by this time he had completed all he come to do, save his atonement that he would bring about by dying on that miserable cross.
I note that it was "the devil" who prompted Judas to betray Jesus. Unlike the other disciples, Judas was not a man of faith and was found to be a "useful idiot" for Satan. Judas thought he would get some money for himself and Satan thought he was going to bring an end to the Son of God. However, both were used by God to bring about the one act that brought this world to a standstill. God used a man riddled with avarice and a rebellious spiritual being, the devil, to effect his atonement. In Luke 19:10 we read, "The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
All mankind is "lost". Each and every human being that has ever lived or ever will live has sinned and stands condemned before the court of God. Our Creator has a precise sense of justice and all sin will be paid for. Each and every sin ever committed will be paid for by the life of every person that has ever lived. Revelation 21:8 describes this payment as one that is made by being thrown into a fiery lake of burning sulfur. However, not all will stand condemned before God on his great judgment day. Those who embrace Jesus Christ in faith have crossed over from death to life, "Very truly I [Jesus] tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." John 5:24. Those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ have had their sins paid for through the death of Jesus Christ on that cross. These are the only ones not cast into that fiery lake of burning sulfur on judgment day.
Judas though he would use Jesus to get himself thirty pieces of silver, Satan thought he would use Judas to destroy the Son of God and both were used by the Son of God to bring redemption to mankind...
God always wins! He is so far beyond a match for anyone that his purposes can never be thwarted. Not by any man, not by Satan, not by anyone!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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