“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way just as we are – yet was without sin”
(Hebrews 4:15-16)
I guess that means that Jesus was completely innocent if he was without sin. We often associate innocence to a baby or a child. They are harmless with pure motives. They are usually quite forgiving and sweet. They haven’t been completely hardened by sin and corruption and the evil in the world.
Now think of someone you care about? Are you a parent? How do you feel when someone harms your children whom you care and love? Maybe a stranger offers them an apple with a needle or pin inside or starts swearing at them. How do you feel when someone punches your children and beats them with a reed? Or beat them with a whip nine tails that would expose vital organs. Maybe put a crown of thorns on their head and drape there body on a cross and nail them to it. How does it feel to see children take on this punishment that they did not deserve because they are innocent.
Do you feel angry? Do you feel sad? Do you feel broken? Do you feel mad? Well someone has had to go through that a couple of thousand of years ago. We were the ones who made Him go through it. Not very fair is it?
This person was Jesus and Jesus was even more innocent than children. He committed no sin. He was completely righteous. Hold on a sec now! He was tempted in all ways as well. Does this mean that every kind of temptation to trip him was being done? I don’t know? Can you think of some? Lust, greed, murder, jealousy and so on…
Well, I thank God that Jesus raised from the slow painful death on the cross. God used it to pay the price for all the evil we done to Him and each other. He used it to restore His relationship with us. What a mighty God we serve? What a God!
I guess that means that Jesus was completely innocent if he was without sin. We often associate innocence to a baby or a child. They are harmless with pure motives. They are usually quite forgiving and sweet. They haven’t been completely hardened by sin and corruption and the evil in the world.
Now think of someone you care about? Are you a parent? How do you feel when someone harms your children whom you care and love? Maybe a stranger offers them an apple with a needle or pin inside or starts swearing at them. How do you feel when someone punches your children and beats them with a reed? Or beat them with a whip nine tails that would expose vital organs. Maybe put a crown of thorns on their head and drape there body on a cross and nail them to it. How does it feel to see children take on this punishment that they did not deserve because they are innocent.
Do you feel angry? Do you feel sad? Do you feel broken? Do you feel mad? Well someone has had to go through that a couple of thousand of years ago. We were the ones who made Him go through it. Not very fair is it?
This person was Jesus and Jesus was even more innocent than children. He committed no sin. He was completely righteous. Hold on a sec now! He was tempted in all ways as well. Does this mean that every kind of temptation to trip him was being done? I don’t know? Can you think of some? Lust, greed, murder, jealousy and so on…
Well, I thank God that Jesus raised from the slow painful death on the cross. God used it to pay the price for all the evil we done to Him and each other. He used it to restore His relationship with us. What a mighty God we serve? What a God!
No comments:
Post a Comment