All genuine believers in Christ know that the Lord Jesus came and died for us on the cross; He was our Substitute on the cross to bear God’s judgement on our behalf. Seeing such a crucified Christ causes us to respond to Him in love and open to Him to receive Him as our Savior. […]
the details of Christ’s sufferings for us before He died: He was hated, reproached, mocked, betrayed
Many times we miss a lot because we know things in general and we don’t get into the details – we may know in general that the Lord Jesus suffered for us and died for us, but we may not know the details. How did He die, what happened, what are the details? When you get into these details in the Word of God, your appreciation of Christ’s death and His suffering will increase to the uttermost, and you will love Him more!
on the cross Christ suffered men’s reproach, despising, deriding, sneering, head shaking, and mocking
This week we are getting into Psalm 22, which speaks about Christ who passed through the redeeming death and entered into the church-producing resurrection. Wow, a whole week to get into the death of Christ in all its aspects and all its details! I am looking forward to daily know the Lord in His suffering […]
a detailed picture of Christ in His suffering of death – the redeeming death of Christ in Psalm 22
In the recent Crystallization Study of the Psalms(1) I was very much impressed by the vivid portrait of Christ’s death in Psalm 22. In message 5 entitled, Christ in His Redeeming Death and Church-Producing Resurrection, the center and the main burden is the church-producing resurrection of Christ (Psa. 22:22), but in the beginning the brother encouraged […]