May 2021

06/05/2021

Mat 26 v 36-56; Ps 64 v 1-10
Thy will be done

“My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will” (Mat 26 v 39)

Although Jesus was the perfect God-Man, He always acknowledged the Father for Who He was and never did anything out of His own free will without consulting the Father first.

Regardless of how confusing this may sound, the fact is that He considered Himself the Son of God, even though He was God in the flesh. This is part of the mystery of the triune God that we worship and if Jesus obeyed the Father, I am content to do the same.

Jesus came for a specific purpose and that was to become the sacrificial lamb to atone for our sins and while He was perfect and without sin, His “soul deeply grieved, to the point of death...” [paraphrase]. This is the beauty of the Scriptures. The bible is brutally honest and we can have peace of mind and rest assured that we serve an honest God.

“My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done” (vers 42)

Jesus was willing to give up His free will, as a man, in order that the Scriptures might be fulfilled. God could have found another way by simply forgiving everyone for their wrongdoing and wipe the slate clean, but then He wouldn’t be just and fair, for all have sinned and fall short of His glory and without the shedding of blood their could be no forgiveness of sins.

Which god would give part of Himself, in the form of those He lovingly created, and suffer the humiliation and pain that Christ did? There is no other “religion” that offers atonement for sin the way the Christian faith does. Which worldview would you choose?

Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice to die the worse possible death imaginable, during those times, so that we may be forgiven for our transgressions, in order that we may come to the living God, justified through our faith in the risen Christ.

Let us also use our free will to seek the will of God for He knows best. He sees the beginning from the end and although He neither interferes, nor always intervenes, He makes everything work for the good of those who love Him.

Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, Life Application Study Bible, unless stated otherwise. Copyright by “The Lockman Foundation“