In the Gospels we are asked to "Pick up your cross daily, and follow Me"..........My question to you is.......Which cross are you choosing to carry ? Are you trying to be like Simon of Cyrene, who was told by a Roman officer, to carry Jesus' cross for Him ? Or have you asked, sought and knocked for the truth, of the answer to this ?
It is NOT the same cross He is asking us to carry. HE carried the cross which had upon it....the strength of the law, to separate us from Gods presence... All the sin, punishment and condemnation (owed) to mankind .....He and only He carried all that, and took sin by the horns, took it all to the realm of death/ the dead, having BECOME sin for us, so that we might be MADE the righteousness of God, IN HIM............On that cross He was, when He knew He was alone, and thus could say :" It is finished."........He had paid the physical price, and now He was headed off to pay the spiritual price, as SIN, and as we know God cannot look upon sin and the Holy Spirit cannot abide with/in sin.........So Jesus, The Son of Man, went in and paid the price ONCE FOR ALL ( so there's no mistake )
Of course He Himself was innocent, and death had zero claim to Him, which made it possible for God to raise Him up to Himself............Now Gods Word and simultaneously A Son of Man ( the last Adam) were seated on the right Hand of the Father, in authority.....
It is beyond me how we fall for that same lie, that we are somehow asked to carry a cross like His ( as if ANY man could ).....What does He say:" Come to Me, you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest..... Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am GENTLE and LOWLY in Spirit/Heart , and you will find rest for your souls. for my yoke is EASY and My burden is LIGHT" Mt 11: 28-30.
How can we read, all that we read, and still not understand???? The cross we are asked to bear, is 'TO LOVE, AS I HAVE LOVED." the single most impossible thing for a human being, in this world to DO, and to BE !!!............But is and will be possible IN HIM , IF we hold on till the end...
We need Him to be right by us, for us to even begin to be able to Love , and when we allow ourselves to be YOKED with Him, we just follow after Him automatically....A yoke after all, is what is used to get two animals, to walk the same path, side by side........
As long as something or someone doesn't 'unhinge' us, or tries............I see that far too often in religious circles, who add a bunch of nonsense that we, as humans are supposed to add to the already finished work of Christ.....As IF we ever could.......Honestly ????
Sorry, hadn't meant for this to sound heavy, and in fact it is supposed to bring great relief and much joy to anyone who is willing to believe In Him and in Him alone. He is beyond being corrupted, we are not as yet ! WE NEED HIM.........Every moment of every day, and Praise His Holy Name, He is WILLING to BE there, every moment, every day.
BUT, are we willing to be yoked with Him ?
I will leave it there, I think I've said enough.
In His Love Pia
It is NOT the same cross He is asking us to carry. HE carried the cross which had upon it....the strength of the law, to separate us from Gods presence... All the sin, punishment and condemnation (owed) to mankind .....He and only He carried all that, and took sin by the horns, took it all to the realm of death/ the dead, having BECOME sin for us, so that we might be MADE the righteousness of God, IN HIM............On that cross He was, when He knew He was alone, and thus could say :" It is finished."........He had paid the physical price, and now He was headed off to pay the spiritual price, as SIN, and as we know God cannot look upon sin and the Holy Spirit cannot abide with/in sin.........So Jesus, The Son of Man, went in and paid the price ONCE FOR ALL ( so there's no mistake )
Of course He Himself was innocent, and death had zero claim to Him, which made it possible for God to raise Him up to Himself............Now Gods Word and simultaneously A Son of Man ( the last Adam) were seated on the right Hand of the Father, in authority.....
It is beyond me how we fall for that same lie, that we are somehow asked to carry a cross like His ( as if ANY man could ).....What does He say:" Come to Me, you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest..... Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am GENTLE and LOWLY in Spirit/Heart , and you will find rest for your souls. for my yoke is EASY and My burden is LIGHT" Mt 11: 28-30.
How can we read, all that we read, and still not understand???? The cross we are asked to bear, is 'TO LOVE, AS I HAVE LOVED." the single most impossible thing for a human being, in this world to DO, and to BE !!!............But is and will be possible IN HIM , IF we hold on till the end...
We need Him to be right by us, for us to even begin to be able to Love , and when we allow ourselves to be YOKED with Him, we just follow after Him automatically....A yoke after all, is what is used to get two animals, to walk the same path, side by side........
As long as something or someone doesn't 'unhinge' us, or tries............I see that far too often in religious circles, who add a bunch of nonsense that we, as humans are supposed to add to the already finished work of Christ.....As IF we ever could.......Honestly ????
Sorry, hadn't meant for this to sound heavy, and in fact it is supposed to bring great relief and much joy to anyone who is willing to believe In Him and in Him alone. He is beyond being corrupted, we are not as yet ! WE NEED HIM.........Every moment of every day, and Praise His Holy Name, He is WILLING to BE there, every moment, every day.
BUT, are we willing to be yoked with Him ?
I will leave it there, I think I've said enough.
In His Love Pia
