GOD-MAN
ON A MISSION
LUKE 12:50 (VOICE)
I have a kind of baptism to go through,
and I can’t relax until My mission is accomplished!
What “baptism” was Jesus going to undergo? Why was He
persistent in His march toward Jerusalem despite warnings that Herod would have
him killed? Jesus was to be immersed, not in water but in all of our sin. He
was to go through a relentless, purifying fire to burn away the sin of all who
would believe and trust in Him. Why could He not rest until He fulfilled this
purpose? Why was He determined to die on the cross in Jerusalem? This was the
very reason He was born as the God-Man, the reason He was incarnated and sent
to this earth. God the Father entrusted His treasured jewels to Jesus. If He,
the perfect Passover Lamb, did not pay the price of our sin on the cross and
enable the Holy Spirit to enter into our lives to refine us, we would remain as
black lumps of coal unfit for the Kingdom of God. The God-Man was on a mission
to redeem His people and transform us into precious, multi-faceted jewels who
would radiate God’s glory, grace, and love to the entire world. Why was the
God-Man set on accomplishing the mission that would cause Him to sacrifice His
own life? Jesus was obeying His Father, keeping in mind the joy of the future
Kingdom, being surrounded by brothers and sisters He had rescued by taking
their place on the cross.
Hebrews
12:2
Looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand
of the throne of God.
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