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Not as I will, but as You will Jesus had a choice to pray a different prayer at Gethsemane but He choose to pray three times, “O My Father, [h]if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” Jesus would have prayed to “My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels.” Why? Jesus knew the will of the Father, and as Son and God, knew that there was no other plan for the salvation of humans from the wrath of God. We rejoice and thank God that His plan to be betrayed, arrested, tried, unjustly crucified, buried, rising from the dead, and ascending to heaven never changed. That is the good news, the gospel for which we are saved from our sins and reconciled to God forever. There is still no other plan for you and me. Jesus is the only plan and the only will. Will you allow God’s will to be done in your life today? He has died to give strength to our flesh (humanity) for “The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”. Oh fr...

Can we Deny Jesus like Peter? Last week, we looked at Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. Judas never believed and trusted in Jesus. In pretense, he was just carrying on just like many in the church today. We found this betrayal to coincide with the last supper or what we now celebrate as the church ordinance of Holy Communion. Jesus broke bread and gave to his disciples and poured wine and drank with them. These were symbols of what Christ has done on the cross for us. His body was broken for us and His blood was poured out for us once and forever for the cleansing of our sins. That is the good news of the gospel – forever forgiven and forever reconciled to God. Right after the last supper, Jesus informs the disciples, not just Peter that they will all deny him. Peter is the one who spoke up and said, not me. Also, the other disciples said they will never deny Jesus. Are we like Peter, insisting and saying not me Lord? In our flesh and natural strength, we can do nothing worthy for Chr...

Judas Betrayal and the Last Supper How could Judas desire and agree to betray Jesus? How could Peter succumb to deny Jesus? These are two hard questions with different outcomes. Today, we will look at Judas’ betrayal. There will always be an opportunity to betray Jesus. The opportunity is always offered by the devil and not God for God cannot tempt us to do evil. The fact we have offers does not mean we accept the offers. How do we reconcile Judas betrayal to the following statement by Jesus? “24 The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!” Was Judas designed from beginning to betray Jesus or could it have been another person? As “written of Him”, is this just a prophecy or prediction but not particularly to be accomplished by Judas? We have more questions than answers. One thing is for sure; there was a personal and willful decision by Judas just like for any other human being. Judas asked Jesus, ““Rabbi, i...

Jesus anointed to Die for Us - Be a Fool for Christ We transition to the road to the cross after hearing Jesus tell us what will happen at the end and the signs and timing of his coming. Before any of these will come to pass, Jesus has to die because that is why He came into the world. Jesus reminds his disciples, “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” Matthew 26:2. “You know”. What do the disciples know? They knew from Scriptures that the Messiah, the Christ is destined to die for the sins of all. It was not a secret though the authorities wanted to secretly kill Jesus. Mary, takes a bold step of faith to anoint Jesus at the home of Simon the leper. She honored Jesus and became a fool for Christ and was criticized even by the disciples. Let's be fools for Christ in doing what the Holy Spirit inspires us to do. Please let’s read the account: Matthew 26:1-13: The Plot to Kill Jesus 26 Now it came to pas...