There are 7 things about the misery of Jesus Christ upon the cross.
ad. 6. The Crucifixion Misery about His Death Mark 15:39-41 15:39 So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, "Truly this Man was the Son of God!" 15:40 There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome,. 15:41 who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem. The purposes of His death upon the cross are:
To salvage His people (namely The Israelites) from sins. Matthew 1:21, 15:24 1:21 "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins." 15:24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Some of The Israelites are being hard-hearted and refuse Jesus, so there is a chance for the Gentiles to believe in Jesus and be salvaged us from sins.
Romans 11:25-26 11:25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 11:26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
Mark 15:39 15:39 So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, "Truly this Man was the Son of God!"
The Israelites are represented as women looking on from a far while The Gentiles are represented as the centurion. First The Israelites are added with The Gentiles, and then all of them become The Spiritually Israel who is salvaged by His death upon the cross. Salvation = Being free from God's punishment.
To reconcile The Israelites and the Gentiles. Ephesians 2:13-16 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 2:14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 2:15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, [that is], the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man [from] the two, [thus] making peace,, 2:16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
The Israelites and The Gentiles are reconciled by the death of Jesus upon the cross so both of them become a new man means becoming the one perfect body of Christ, the Bride of God.
Therefore, if we are willing to take part in the fellowship of the perfect body of Jesus, we must be reconciled i.e.:
Confessing sins to God and the neighbor. After confessing sins, do not live in sin again. When sins that have been confessed are repeated again, it can be permanent so there will be no forgiveness fromsins again.
Forgiving other people that confess sins to us.
I Corinthians 5:11 5:11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortionernot even to eat with such a person.
The sins that divide us are:
Impurity (Sexually immoral) = To sacrifice the spiritual things in order to get the physical things like Esau that sacrificed his birthright (the right to go to heaven) for a bowl of red beans soup.
Covetous = could not give any, for example giving time for praying.
An Idolater =someone who loves something more than God, including fortune-telling.
A Reviler.
A drunkard, including cigarette and drugs.
A Cheater/Extortioner, a liar.
If we can confess and forgive to the other, our heart will be filled with peace.
The results of peaceful heart:
God stretches His merciful hand to help us just in timemeans every problem (even the impossible one) will be solved by God. Hebrews 2:17-18 2:17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like [His] brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 2:18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.
God gives a future full of hope to us. Jeremiah 29:11 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
God preserves our life physically, also sanctifies and changes us spiritually until we become blameless/perfect. I Thessalonians 5:23-24 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 5:24 He who calls you [is] faithful, who also will do [it].
General Service in Malang, October 13, 2013 (Sunday Morning)
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General Service in Malang, October 11, 2015 (Sunday Morning)
... putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ buried with Him in baptism in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God who raised Him from the dead. In the New Testament it is done through spiritual ...
Prayer Service in Malang, March 31, 2015 (Tuesday Evening)
... of God for the life that have hard heart until all the firstborn of Egypt die. Corinthians - But even if our gospel is veiled it is veiled to those who are perishing whose minds the god of this age has blinded who do not believe lest the light of ...
General Service in Malang, September 08, 2019 (Sunday Morning)
... badger skins and acacia wood oil for the light and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. We become the priest ...
Prayer Service in Malang, September 17, 2013 (Tuesday Evening)
... together with Him on the throne of heaven They are the people who follow and serve God until the end line. It means until we die or the time of His second coming. They are also the people who are being consecrated by God. Thus the life who serves God ...
Bible Study Service in Malang, August 13, 2015 (Thursday Evening)
... Hades means that He has descended to the lower part of the earth to do two things as follows. Setting us free from the captivity of death. Giving us ministry or appointing us as priests and kings so that we can be used in the ministry for building the perfect ...
Prayer Service in Malang, October 30, 2018 (Tuesday Evening)
... and said to Peter Simon are you sleeping Could you not watch one hour Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak. It is the prayer of Gethsemane. It means the worship prayer to experience the ripping of flesh and ...
Youth Service in Malang, April 02, 2011 (Saturday Evening)
... the bodies of the crucified people are the corpses of the cursed people so they should not remain overnight because itdefiles the Promised Land. Deuteronomy - If a man has committed a sin deserving of death and he is put to death and you hang him on a tree his body ...
Ascension Service in Malang, May 29, 2014 (Thursday Evening)
... God who live in sins up to the peak and are left behind not lifted up when Jesus comes a second time. Peter But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise and the ...
Bible Study Service in Malang, February 09, 2012 (Thursday Evening)
... the living God Tell us if You are the Christ the Son of God Jesus said to him It is as you said. Nevertheless I say to you hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of ...
Sermon transcript from church service in Malang and Surabaya, preached by Pastor Widjaja Hendra.
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