Garden of Gethsemane, He felt sorrow and great distress over the hardship He would need to endure. He sought out the quiet and privacy of this special place so He could go before God and beg for a reprieve — though not a reprieve from the will of God, which Jesus was...
Why did Jesus have to die in order to forgive us? There is another reason which is often overlooked. Satan tried to use God's perfect righteousness as a reason why God should not save sinners. Satan accused God of being a self-serving Judge, saving man for God's own benefit. Thus it...
Jesus said then, ``If I have told a lie and that is not pleasing to you and false, you produce the evidence. but if i have spoken well and held to the truth, why do you strike me thus? it is nothing but villainy. yn-medh yesus y'n eur na mara kewsis falsuri ha ny bleg...
and for many people it still is. But a vulnerable God is an essential part of the Christian story. We see it in Jesus’ life, from his birth in a manger to his weeping over the death of his friend Lazarus to the anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane, where...
23Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.” 24After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 25If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in ...
the saints are bringing vessels full of lilies to Mary and the baby Jesus. It is said that beautiful white lilies sprang up in the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus wept in the last hours before he was betrayed by Judas. The lilies sprang up where drops of Christ’s sweat fell to the...
Now I ain't Jesus but I can relateTo a man looking death square in the faceEven he hit his knees with a plea in the garden of GethsemaneTo his holy father he raised his eyesIn his darkest hour he cried"Please would you take this cup from me?"Praying, "Why me, oh why me?"...
Such a testimony to the Lord Jesus Christ must thrill heaven. Perhaps others will also believe in Him on reading it as you do confess. Then the angels in heaven will rejoice at their words of faith even as they did for yours, my Brother. Whether Orthodox or Evangelical, Fundamental, Pente...
Hours before the cross, Jesus Christ,in the Garden of Gethsemane, was “crushed with grief to the point of death.” We all suffer from illusions, particularly when we fail to see the tragedy of life in and around us. Without Grace,we cannot see the full darkness of rea...
Never once did Jesus ignore their cries. He always had a kind word for weeping women. We could say that He was always silently asking them this question: "Woman, why are you weeping?" Mary Magdalene had undoubtedly wept much in her life. She had once been possessed by seven evil ...