DOING GOD’S WILL
First
of twelve in Jesus’ Jesus’ Earthly Life & Ministry Parallel Series
Psalm
40:7-8, Matthew 26:3
Psalm
40:7-8: “Then I said, ‘Here I am, I have
come—it is written about Me in the scroll.
I desire to do Your will, O My God; Your law is within My heart.’”
Matthew
26:39: “Going a little farther, He fell
with His face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father,
if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.’”
The first Scripture shows Jesus agreeing
to do God’s will. The second Scripture
shows Him very sorrowful at Gethsemane. The cross was unimaginable
torment. Deuteronomy 21:23 says “anyone who is hung on a
tree is under God’s curse.” And yet,
Jesus came to do God’s will—and was totally successful!
This
new parallel Bible study shows Jesus’ life and earthly ministry from both the
Old and New Testaments in the Bible.
Check out the lesson that’s linked below to learn how you’re involved.
Let’s follow fully human/fully God
Jesus into manhood. By age twelve, Jesus
realized that His Father was actually God, and not Joseph. Luke 2:41-50 shows Jesus “in His
Father’s house.”
Philippians 2:6-8 breaks down Jesus’
understanding like this: “Who, being in the very nature God, did not consider
equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking on
the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.”
As a human, Jesus set aside His
glory as God. “And being found in
appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death
of a cross!” Jesus realized that He was
born a human so that He’d die in order to save mankind. (Yikes !!!) Why
would He do that? Some people hated Jesus. (John 15:25b: “They hated
Me without reason.”)
Hebrews 12:2 says, “Let us set our
eyes on Jesus…who for the joy set before
Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand
of the throne of God.” (Emphasis mine). Jesus dressed as a wanderer instead of as a king. Then He reached out to the very people He was
pleased to have come to earth as a human to save.
“Even death on a cross!” shows Jesus’ humility-plus!
Take Home Nugget
The
word "even" is the Greek word de, which means: Can you imagine
it! The cross was the worse death possible.
The creator became the cursed to die for His creation! That was the Father’s will.
Precious
Lord, Thank You for coming to earth and stooping so low to save me. Now I am a redeemed, saved and free child of
the Living God! I cry out thankfulness
to You—Jesus my Lord. Hallelujah in Your
holy name! Amen.
J.D.
Griffith
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