Members Starward Posted August 1, 2017 Members Share Posted August 1, 2017 View Edit [for Lady Certainly] That night, we swore our faithfulness unto the very end. We all spoke in a proud, courageous tone. Bu when the temple guards came, armed, into Gethsemane, we ran. He had to face them all alone. Three years we walked with Him. We saw the miracles He did. His Words had brought us joy as never known in all the world before those days. Despite all He had done for us, we left Him standing there alone. Three trials, before priests, prince, and governor; and then the scourge that flayed His skin, and sliced down to the bone; the beam upon His bleeding back; the walk to Golgotha: His hour had come. He met it, all alone. Those Romans drove their dirty nails into His sinless flesh, then raised that cross right up. But not one groan came out of Him. Then I remembered . . . He had come for this, and He had said He would not be alone. His Father, God, went with Him, as we mortal men could not. (We are but carnal, weak, and always prone to make a mess of very blessing God has given us. But in this nature, we are not alone: for you, and you, and you, too, would not have done other than we did, although you love to cry and moan about us. You might even have betrayed Him for those coins. So leave your proud self-righteousness alone.) Six hours, He hung upon that cross, until His breaking heart gave way to death. The spirit in Him had flown back to His Father. Then they took Him down and brought Him to a brand new tomb (but it was just a loan). In those three years we spent with Him, He told us many things. And one came back to me: a seed is sown and buried in the ground where it must die to bring forth life. Or else, it must lie lifeless, there, alone. Then on the morning of the first day of that week, we heard good news from Mary Magdalene: the stone upon His grave had been rolled back by angel hands, and He had risen from the dead. And THIS alone proves all the rest. I say that Jesus is the Son of God, the Saviour and the Lord, and He has shown us all the Way of Faith that leads unto Eternal Life. CHRIST IS SALVATION, CHRIST, AND CHRIST ALONE. Starward Alan and Jim_Alaska 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alan Posted August 20, 2017 Members Share Posted August 20, 2017 Good poem; wonderful message. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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