It includes the depth and mystery of the suffering of God known to us through the suffering of
Jesus upon the cross.
He cried out «Why hast thou forsaken me» because in that moment he took on the sin, sickness, pain, and death upon himself and became that sin
dying upon the cross.
I was finally able to break through this puerile excuse for a theology of grace with the help of a cartoon that showed
Christ upon the cross asking, «If I'm okay, and you're okay, what am I doing here?»
I certainly hope for the Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, as I would hope for myself and others with me, if found out to be of Christian faith and a modern order, not unlike the Christians who walked with Jesus as a man and Pastor who, as it were, was finally offered up as a sacrificial offering to
God upon a cross after being found guilty of offending the then Church of Israel who then proposed his death sentance to be carried out by a Roman Court, though he was innocent of the charges.
Today, most former students leave college with at least one student loan; on average the typical graduate in the United States carries $ 27,975 of
debt upon crossing the threshold at commencement.
Then the king explained, «The cross which I drew beside each name was not a sign of punishment, but a pledge of forgiveness extended for the sake of the crucified Savior,
who upon His cross forgave His enemies and prayed for them.»
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.
The Eucharistic Prayer in Cramner's Book of Common Prayer begins, «Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death
upon the cross for our redemption...» The service also expresses the depth of communion between Christ and believers, who pray «that we may evermore dwell in him and he in us».12 The expression of such communion requires participation in the bread and cup.
When Jesus
laid upon the cross he had the means to call down a legion of angels to defend and rescue himself from the cross.
«Jesus was a man who suffered, mentally and physically, in intense degree, and not
alone upon the cross.
But look at the victim
dead upon the cross who, nonetheless, is strangely alive and life giving, and then observe the victors who gaze upon his lifeless body and do not seem to recognize that they are the ones who are dead.
to that extent then, the infinite existential loneliness has it's answer in an infinite God who himself shares in us through his incarnation in that existential
loneliness upon the cross and it is transformed in the same way we too are called, to take up our cross and follow Him.
However in the New Testament, the Lord then gave us the eternal Lamb, his only begotten son Jesus, and because of his
sacrafice upon the cross his blood now atones for the sins of all humanity.
Sixthly, Christ's threefold
prayer upon the cross is represented; one for His persecutors when He said, Father, forgive them; the second for deliverance from death, when He cried, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
I think my mantra this weekend is going to be something like Chocolate muffins, my favorite breakfast treat I only allow myself after a good morning workout (and will likely gorge on
immediately upon crossing the finish line), or Everyone is watching, a reminder to pick up the pace and make my friends and family proud.
While all social and environmental factors affecting children's lives outside of school do not fall within our locus of control, every second of what
happens upon crossing the threshold of the school can be clearly defined to support student learning and character development.
Until they gain the cooperation of the majority of breeders, conformation (such as height, head shape, ear size and position, and coat type) can vary
depending upon the crosses used to produce each individual dog.
They know instead that true pastoral care helps to unify our suffering with that of the Suffering Servant, who redeems us, and sanctifies us, and strengthens us to suffer with dignity in truth, as Christ himself suffered silently, conquering
death upon the cross.
The resurrection of Christ is a way of affirming that God has received into his own life all that the historical event, designated when we say «Jesus Christ», has included: — his human existence as teacher and prophet, as crucified
man upon his cross, in continuing relationship of others with him after that death, and also what has happened as a consequence of his presence and activity in the world.
We do find pointers to meaning in our lives — in acts of human love, in the way justice can be partially achieved even through structures of injustice, in a life of perfect sacrificial love that
ends upon a cross.
In order to go up in the rapture, one must be saved or born again through the redemptive power of the blood of
Christ upon the cross.
Today, most former students leave college with at least one student loan; on average the typical graduate in the United States carries $ 27,975 of
debt upon crossing the threshold at commencement.
The perspective of communion with Christ and his
sacrifice upon the cross, to which sacramental communion properly understood contextualizes, allows us to utilize the graces given to us by the sacrament to do this and all that God asks of us.
All of these questions are finally only one question: Do we know what it is to pray for the reign of God, on earth as in heaven, in the name of Jesus who cried out for
God upon his cross?
Though He may discipline you, He does not judge you, for the true penalty for sin has been born by
Jesus upon the cross.
Upon the cross he was stripped, mocked, spat upon, struck, crowned with thorns, and given only vinegar and gall to drink.
And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up
upon the cross and slain for the sins of the world.»
Now Bultmann believes that the disciples had such an experience when they beheld, hanging
upon the cross, the man in whom all their hopes had recently come to rest.