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The Death of Jesus on the Cross of Calvary, Provides Humanity with Eternal Hope! -- (Hebrews 5:8-9)
Ron Bainbridge:
Editor
Friends, in a world too often filled with bad news, the primary desire of Discovering A BETTER LIFE MINISTRIES, through its Evangelical Media Outreach, is to share the “Good News” that a loving God has made it possible for everyone to enter a personal relationship with Himself through the
death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ!
This is a wonderful reality that we treasure and enjoy by trusting that it is true:
(John 8:31-32; 2 Corinthians 5:17)
The Stories We Share, Are About:
(Real People, Real Events, Real Places)
May these stories help you embrace the “Real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of" that God graciously offers to all who willingly commit their lives to Jesus. (John 10:10)
They are dedicated to HELPING
PEOPLE FIND SALVATION, PEACE and HOPE
Through entering a personal Relationship
With Jesus Christ, who declared,
“In this world you will have trouble,
But take heart! I have overcome the world!”
(John 10:10; 14:1-6; 16:33; Acts 2:36-47)
Presenting Positive Messages of
Encouragement and Hope!
Today’s Message of Encouragement
Jesus Is Someone for All of Us!
Harvard psychiatrist Dr Robert Coles spent much of his professional life studying children from very poor homes. In 1979 Dr Coles and his son visited one of Rio de Janeiro’s shanty towns where the people had no electricity, no heating, no plumbing, no water, and no medical care.
Within sight of these people was the famous statue of Christ the Redeemer which overlooks the city of Rio.
Dr Coles asked a mother living there what she thought of the depiction of Jesus in the monument. She replied: “I look at Christ every day—over there, across the city, on the hill. I think how hard His life was, He was crucified, even if He was God. No, He was crucified because He was God! Oh, I can’t figure out why He was crucified. I can’t figure out why I was born so poor. But I do know this: Jesus is someone for all of us! He lives in my heart. It is best to remember that, and I do. He loves us, the poor, and he lives!”
Friend, that mother from Brazil’s slum, more eloquently than any preacher, shows that the power of Jesus transforms the lives of all who trust and obey Him. He is “someone for all of us!”
Sometimes people talk to me about feeling alone. They want to know where God is when they are hurting. I can only respond that God is in the same place He was when His son died. He is watching, identifying, and enduring the death with the one He loves.
On the cross of Calvary,
God allowed Himself to be crucified!
Friend, today, for a moment,I want you to close your eyes and visit the Cross of Calvary, upon which Jesus of Nazereth was crucified!
What you will see, is a rejected, writhing, abandoned figure on that cross. Nails cruelly pierce His hands and feet. His body has been severely beaten. He is bruised and bleeding. Blood drips from the jagged thorns circling His forehead. And yet, He hangs there willingly!
Friend, you are watching an involved God in action. After that scene, all human struggling must be understood in the light of God’s suffering. The cross gives meaning, hope, and new life to sufferers. When we want to cry out that “God doesn’t care!” or that “God is immune to pain!” we are brought again to the foot of the cross to see the truth.
When we take the time to reflect upon the Cross that Jesus was crucified on, (almost 2,000 years ago), we are reminded that the cross and resurrection hold the key to the mystery of suffering. Something occurred in those two events that forever affects human suffering.
God “broke the power of death and showed us the way of everlasting life!”
(2 Timothy 1:10).
There is no better teacher than someone who knows what they are talking about because of suffering in their own life, and someone who loves you, and will patiently work with you, until you too can understand the mystery of suffering. Jesus meets all these criteria to be our perfect spiritual example and mentor.
The writer of the book of Hebrews says that Jesus came to earth to be near us and to identify with us. He suffered because it was appropriate that a Saviour suffer with suffering people. Then, when believers suffer hardships, they know they have a Saviour who really understands what they are going through (Hebrews 4:15-16).
This, my friend, is why Jesus, who offered Himself so willingly as a sacrifice for mankind’s sin, is Lord! He understands the human situation totally. He didn’t have it easy. He knew severe suffering. He cried out for relief. He trusted God when it was dark and He didn’t fully understand. That’s why I accept Him fully as my teacher and my example in many areas, but especially in suffering.
Today, I urge you to reflect on the wonderful fact that the Lord of glory willingly emptied Himself of the glory He enjoyed with His Father. He descended from glory to bring life to us. He lived and died. Then, He ascended to glory, where,
"He became the Author and Source of eternal salvation to all those who give heed and obey Him!"
(Hebrews 5:8-9).
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Christianity is not a Religion,
It is A Relationship!
(Galatians 3:26-29)
It seems such a simple story, yet it has profound implications for humanity! However, if you are having trouble in understanding it, we urge you to write to Discovering A BETTER LIFE for our FREE booklet titled “WHO IS THIS JESUS?”
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