The suffering Savior. Psalms 22 is familiar to most. It mentions being forsaken, being poured out like water, being pierced in His hands and feet, being in extreme thirst and asphyxiation, being naked while they cast lots for His garments. These are the details only God knew!
Let’s look a little closer. Psalm 22:2 has some details that may have gone unnoticed. “O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.” Read it before? See anything different? Any details? Recall the crucifixion record in the gospels? Luke 23 says that Jesus hung on that old rugged cross from 9 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon. At noon darkness fell over the whole land until 3 p.m. The first three hours of the crucifixion it was day; the last three hours was like night! Does Psalm 22:2 look any different now? Little details?
Six hours on a cross so we could spend eternity with God! There is no greater love; no greater sacrifice!
"Jesus answered, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me". John 14:6 This is a bold assertion of Deity. You cannot find your way to heaven on your own! All roads do not lead to heaven. In the book of Matthew, Jesus teaches about the way to heaven. "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it". Matthew 7:13-14 Do you have a false assurance or salvation? Believing in Jesus is the only way to heaven. It is one thing to confess with your mouth verses your actions.
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