Pastor Mark is very loud and outspoken about our need to repent and accept Jesus Christ's
death on the cross as our payment for our sins.
Haught clearly sees Jesus»
death on the cross as a natural event in the order of creation.
SACRIFICE: * now refers to Jesus's
death on the cross as payment for our sins.
We all «killed» Christ (our sinfulness required
His death on the cross as an atoning sacrifice), but if you want to be specific it was the Roman army that crucified Jesus.
Not exact matches
On Friday the S&P 500 experienced what is known
as a «
death cross.»
Death crosses can occur
on shorter time frames
as well, such
as utilizing a 10 - day and 15 - day moving average like in the golden
cross example.
As Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market get pressured by a bearish sentiment based on the technical pattern known as «death cross», investors are also aware of the mixed signals coming from big banks regarding the asset class — with great focus on Bitcoin and Rippl
As Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market get pressured by a bearish sentiment based
on the technical pattern known
as «death cross», investors are also aware of the mixed signals coming from big banks regarding the asset class — with great focus on Bitcoin and Rippl
as «
death cross», investors are also aware of the mixed signals coming from big banks regarding the asset class — with great focus
on Bitcoin and Ripple.
As I mentioned in my first response to Bell's having come out of the closet, the purpose of Jesus»
death on the
cross was to put away sin — not to grant license to sin.
The Old Testiment prophets even predicted Jesus
death on the
cross, and Jesus died intentionally so
as to be the final and last sacrifice needed.
As we saw earlier from Philippians 2, it is this aspect of the incarnation — the
death of Jesus
on the
cross — where Jesus most fully reveals God to us.
And being found in appearance
as a human being, he humbled himself and became obedient to
death — even
death on a
cross [Phil.
And it is a model that, rather than reinforcing hierarchal relationships, should point us in the opposite direction — to the radical humility and servanthood of Jesus, who did not see power
as something to grasp, but humbled himself and became submissive to the point of
death on a
cross.
In response to the central point of Romans 3, which is that God freely justifies those who trust his faithfulness,
as he vindicated the righteousness of Jesus» trust of him, even unto
death on a
cross, by raising him from the dead, the question that arises is: «Is God righteous to justify simply
on the basis of trust in his faithfulness?
Second, their
deaths «afford church communities the chance to recognise in each other what all Christians regard
as the truest devotion to Christ - following him in his
death on the
cross.»
The explanation of Christ
death on the
cross raises other question
as well.
So we can use these aspects of the resurrection story
as Christian Myth
as long
as we use them to point to and symbolize the Christian understanding that Jesus was victorious
on the
cross and survived
death.
As we look at Genesis 2:16 - 17, we will be talking about Jesus Christ and Him crucified and how His
death on the
cross reveals something about the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
We say that rather «The Eucharist went to the
Cross», so every Mass is the One same offering of Christ in time and space which was ratified by his perfect obedience unto
death on the
cross and is offered in heaven
as an eternal offering.
As Christians, our most «deeply held religious belief» is that Jesus Christ died
on the
cross for sinful people, and that in imitation of that, we are called to love God, to love our neighbors, and to love even our enemies to the point of
death.
But when a person
crosses the halfway point in his life, his value «vacuum» or inner poverty becomes painfully obvious
as he moves
on the downward slope toward
death.
This sort of thinking has crept into Christian theology
as well, so that many Christians today think that something similar went
on in the
death of Jesus
on the
cross.
I may agree with you there to some degree, but I do think 1 Cor 15 makes a definite distinction),
as the means of Justification salvation (I would quantify belief here,
as the agreement of the fact of Jesus
death for ones own personal sins (Understanding one is a sinner and needs a savior)
on the
cross, That he was buried, and was raised to life
on the third day).
Like Moltmann, Mühlen then presents the Spirit
as the personified bond of love between the Father and the Son, who at the moment of Jesus»
death on the
cross is breathed forth upon the world to unite human beings with one another and with the triune God (VG 23 - 24, 33 - 36).
This helps make sense of verse 8
as well, so that rather than it saying that Jesus» ultimate humiliation was «even
death on a
cross» (NAS), the text should read «especially
death on a
cross.»
through His
death on the
cross, then
as we read Jesus back into the Old Testament, and
as we seek to understand the violence of God in the Old Testament, we must keep the mission of Christ to destroy the devil's work first and foremost in our minds, and especially the critical aspect of Christ's work upon the
cross.
Many read this passage
as a description of the downward spiral into humility and
death which Jesus undertook for the sake of humanity, so that this downward spiral eventually resulted in the worst of all possible humiliations,
death on a
cross (Php 2:5 - 8).
And being found in appearance
as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to
death — even
death on a
cross!»
The bread and hymns / prayers which mark Jesus» cultic action at the Last Supper are the New Testament fulfilment known
as the Eucharist of the Old Testament zebach toda, with the unique bloody
death of Jesus
on the
cross taking the place of the temple sacrifices.
As if Jesus»
death on the
cross isn't enough.
Lest one hear this
as more extreme than it is, let me say emphatically that there is no question but that Paul thought that Jesus»
death on the
cross was central to human redemption.
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave (doulos), being born in human likeness And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of
death even
death on a
cross.
The obedience of his human will through suffering and
death on the
cross restores our adoption
as children of the Father.
8And being found in appearance
as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to
death — even
death on a
cross!
This is what Jesus did
on the
cross, and what He revealed to us through His
death and resurrection, and is how He now calls us to live our lives
as His followers.
For art and design to most properly serve others, then, it must tap into something experiential, even Christlike: «And being found in appearance
as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to
death — even
death on a
cross!»
I am instead, slowly but surely, learning to view that journey — of struggling, failure, repentance, restoration, renewal in joy, and persevering, agonized obedience —
as what it looks like for the Holy Spirit to be transforming me
on the basis of Christ's
cross and his Easter morning triumph over
death.
And no miracle means more than the atoning
death of Jesus
on the
cross — and his resurrection from the dead, by which he proved his identity
as the unique Son of God.
Through His
death on the
cross, Jesus willingly submitted Himself to the violent
death of ritualistic sacrifice
as a way of exposing to humanity the sin to which humanity is enslaved.
Philippians 2:8: «And being found in appearance
as a man, He humbled himself and became obedient to
death — even
death on a
cross!»
As a side note, I didn't explain the three story types very well, but based
on my understanding, I don't put the
death on the
cross under redemptive violence, unless it is God using violence against Jesus, which isn't quite what happened
on the
cross...
... God put selfishness in its place when He lived
as a man, was sentanced to
death as a man, was beated ruthlessly by horror loving men
as a man, all to make sure that they put Him
on the
cross,
as a man, by which He died there
as a man.
The «politics of Jesus,» to use Yoder's phrase, demands that through the collective witness of the Church Christians bring the gospel to the attention of the world with a compelling and revolutionary challenge to the powers of the age,
as Jesus did by rejecting temporal power and accepting
death on the
cross.
Taylor devotes the final two chapters of his book to a discussion of how Christians can engage in a «way of the
cross» — in movement - building and a «theatrics of counterterror» —
as a way to «take
on the
death penalty,... working for a time when it is no more.»
where the struggle is in regards to Jesus» will and Gods will being done is I believe, In Jesus flesh struggling to keep up with the Spirit if you know what I mean... Jesus never asked to be saved John 12:27 but He prayed for strength
as His soul was sorrowful even unto
death... Obviously due to the separation He would «feel»
on the
cross (I've read your article
on The Father never forsaking Jesus
on the
cross-Psalms 22:24 and 2 Cor 5:19 but just felt the separation
as a man) So that's what I'm leaning towards in this whole interpretation...
Finally, the movement which Jesus started, his entry into Jerusalem, and his
death on the
cross, are historically comprehensible only if he really spoke
as a Messianic prophet.
A GES blogger
on another forum indicated that it is insufficient to cite this passage
as proof the message of the
cross involves Christ's
death.
The message of the Bible is that all who look to Jesus Christ alone
as having taken
on Himself the penalty for mankind's sin and paid for our sin debt in full through His sacrificial
death on the
cross, will be reconciled to God and spend eternity with Him.
Whether they fed
on him by faith in their hearts with thanksgiving by eating the bread and drinking the wine with «him at meal, or whether they gratefully permitted him to wash and dry their feet before the meal in anticipation of being cleansed by his blood
on the
cross, the meaning of both symbols was the same: We are saved from sin and transformed into new creatures in Christ Jesus only
as we freely and gladly receive from him the benefits of his passion and
death on the
cross for our redemption.
For example, to include Christ's substitutionary
death on the
cross in a Gospel presentation is adding to the Gospel (the Gospel always being defined
as belief
on the Lord Jesus Christ results in eternal life).
Just
as the bread and wine in the synoptic accounts represented Jesus» body and blood given for their redemption, so this act of humble service also bespoke Jesus» sacrificial
death on the
cross for their salvation.