The soldiers came to arrest Jesus in the
Garden of Gethsemane and brought him to Pilate for judgment. The thug
Roman soldiers mocked, spit upon and brutally beat the Savior. They
gathered some thorny branches and formed it into the shape of a crown,
and then took a long rod and beat the crown into His head, causing the
blood to flow down his head from the pierced skin. The sharp thorns
pressed into his skull, causing excruciating inexplicable physical pain.
I have seen Mel Gibson's ungodly movie, The Passion Of Christ,
and wept as I saw the Lord beaten beyond recognition by the cruel tyrant
soldiers. The movie is ungodly because Mel Gibson is a Roman Catholic
and promotes Mary in the movie, which is sinful. Also, in the movie
Jesus has his right eye darkened on the cross, which represents
the coming Antichrist (Zachariah 11:17).
Hollywood And The Passion of The
Christ Exposed (a great 1:43 hour documentary exposing The
Passion Of Christ film).
The Bible tells us
what it is like to be crucified.
Jesus Christ was taken into Roman headquarters—where He was shamefully
stripped naked, humiliated as they spit upon Him, brutally flogged with
a lead-tipped whip, slapped across the face, had His beard violently
plucked out, and beaten horribly as He was dehumanized by an ungodly
gang of thugs. Satan filled the soldier's hearts to be as brutal as they
could, just as Satan fills the heart of all ungodly sinners. The Lord
was then made to carry His own cross—the very cross upon which He was
about to be nailed and crucified. But the soldiers had tortured their
victim so mercilessly, and Jesus was now so weak in body, that He fell
beneath the weight of the cross He bore for our sins. What a precious
Savior! He did that FOR YOU dear reader, because He loves you more than
you or I could ever comprehend. When we look at the problematic world as
it exists, and see all the suffering and evil, it is very easy to think
that God doesn't love everyone. Does God love starving poor people in
Africa? Does God love the millions of victims of war? He most assuredly
does friend! I do not claim to understand it, I don't. But like film,
faith develops in the dark. Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it is
impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” I
believe that Jesus is the Christ, My Savior, the only begotten Son of
the Living God!!!
The Scripture teaches us that Jesus
suffered horribly at the hands of the Romans, but more painful to the
Lord was being betrayed by His own people, the Jews. Luke 13:34, “O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that
are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children
together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would
not!” The Jews are as arrogant today, as they were in Jesus' time,
still vehemently rejecting their Messiah. Approximately 2.5% of the
population of the manmade state of Israel today profess Christianity
(and that includes the pseudo-Christian cults; such as, Catholic,
Mormon, Seventh-Day Adventist and Church of Christ, et cetera). I dare
say 1-in-300 people living in Israel today is born-again!!! Holy Land?
I have always loved the writings of Luke,
a doctor, who gives us vivid details to sink our teeth into. Luke
writes, under the inspiration of God's Holy Spirit:
Luke 23:20-25, “Pilate
therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. But
they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. And he said unto them
the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause
of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. And
they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be
crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests
prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they
required. And he released unto them him that for sedition and
murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered
Jesus to their will.”
Can you imagine what you've just read? The
Jews were so filled with ungodly hatred for their own King and Savior,
that they chose to have a murderer given his freedom instead, and to
have Christ executed! The Bible says Barabbas was also in prison for
sedition, which means that he went around encouraging others to break
the law! We learn in Matthew that it was the wicked chief priests who
convinced the people to turn against Jesus. Matthew 27:20, “But the
chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask
Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.” It is interesting that throughout the
betrayal of Christ, we see that there is the continual manipulation by
people. The chief priests incited the people against Jesus. The
Pharisees manipulated Pilate, telling Him that he was no friend to
Caesar if he failed to execute Jesus (John 19:12, 15). Judas manipulated
his relationship with Christ and the Pharisees to get money.
The Word of God tells us that Pilate
wouldn't have crucified Jesus had He known that He was indeed the
Christ. 1st Corinthians 2:8, “Which none of the princes of this world
knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of
glory.” It is my humble opinion that this is why Rome annihilated
Jerusalem in 70 AD. The Jews had manipulated the Romans to kill the
Messiah, and when they figured it out they were angry about it! That is
solely speculation on my part, but it seems logical.
Our dear Savior was savagely beaten by the
Roman soldiers—bloodied, swollen, beard plucked out, torn pieces of
flesh hanging from His body, shaking in tremors from the excruciating
pain from head to toe, so weak that He fell beneath the weight of His
cross. The other two men being crucified with Christ were evidently able
to carry their own crosses, because they hadn't been brutally beaten so
badly. All the time our Lord had sharp thorns (some a couple inches
long) piercing into His skull, which had been driven in with the
soldiers rod. Read for yourself my friend what Jesus suffered FOR YOU,
TO PAY FOR YOUR HORRIBLE SINS (AND MINE), and weep:
Mark 15:16-19,
“And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and
they call together the whole band. And they clothed him with
purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote
him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and
bowing their knees worshipped him.”
The ungodly solders called the whole group
together. This was a special occasion. It wasn't every day that ungodly
sinners had the opportunity to brutally beat the only begotten Son of
God, and they were going to make Him pay! Satan filled their hearts. It
was their chance to get even with God, unleashing all their hatred and
bitterness upon His dear only begotten Son! They mocked Jesus, placing a
makeshift crown of thorns upon His head, and then driving it into His
skull with a reed (a bamboo stick); they spit upon our blessed Savior,
mocking Him, saying facetiously with contempt, “Hail, King of the
Jews!”
John 19:1-4,
“Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers
platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a
purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with
their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them,
Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that
I find no fault in him.”
The cruel soldiers stripped
the Lord naked, held Him down against the wooden cross, and drove sharpened
rusty spikes through Jesus' hands and feet, as He cried out in horrific
pain. His body trembled in shock. His body was covered with sweat, blood and
dirt. The Son of God was now nailed to a cross. He Who gave away everything
He ever owned, was now giving away His very life FOR THE SINFUL WORLD! He
Who knew no sin, was now being crucified, so “that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him” (2nd Corinthians 5:21).
The self-righteous crowd
railed on Him, saying:
Mark
15:29-32, “And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,
and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in
three days, Save thyself, and come down from the cross. Likewise
also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes,
He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let Christ the King of
Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And
they that were crucified with him reviled him.”
The watching crowd reviled
Him, speaking negatively about the sinless Lamb of God. The chief priests
also reviled Him. The two thieves also railed against Him. In His darkest
hour, when all His strength was gone, and His heart sunk in loneliness and
despair, Christ exclaimed: “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say,
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46b). Jesus did
that FOR YOU dear reader! John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.” All you need to do is BELIEVE the
'GOOD NEWS' and you'll have eternal life!
The Satanic Lie of Jim
Caviezel That Mary is The Co-Redemptrix!
The
actor (Jim Caviezel) who starred as Jesus in the movie, The Passion Of Christ, made a Satanic
tribute to the Virgin Mary. Jim Caviezel literally calls Mary: “Mary
the co-redemptrix!” with Jesus. Jim is telling a bold LIE of the Devil.
Mary did not partake in any way of our redemption. Mary was a sinner, just
like you and myself, and she needed to trust her own son as her Savior, or
she would have went to Hell. Mary called Jesus, “MY SAVIOUR”! Luke
1:46-47, “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath
rejoiced in God my Saviour.” Have you received Jesus as your
Savior too dear reader? John 1:12, “But as many as received him, to them
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his
name.”
Where in the world did Jim Caviezel get the
crazy idea that Mary helped Christ redeem the human race? I'll tell you, the
idea comes from the Satanic Roman Catholic church! What saith the Scripture?
1st Timothy 2:5, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus.” Did you read that friend? The inspired Words
of God declare that there is only ONE MEDIATOR, not two! There is “ONE
MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS”!!!
For these reasons and more I do not
sanction The Passion Of Christ film, but I did see it when it first
came out, and wept. In fact, thousands of lost sinners have been saved as a
result of the film's influence. Granted, a person can only be born-again of
“incorruptible seed” (1st Peter 1:23), but God can use anything to
lead a person to the truth. I have had people tell me they came to Christ,
after seeing all the Satanism promoted in the music and television industry.
That compelled them to believe that the Word of God must be true!
I tell you with all Biblical authority—Mary
did not die on the cross for your sins! Mary doesn't have the
nail-scarred hands and feet! Mary did not give Jesus the strength He
needed to go to the cross! Mary has NO PART in the redemption of
mankind. ONLY Jesus Himself made redemption possible! Thank God for the
precious blood of Jesus, that washes our sins away as believers! ...
“Now the blood is what
makes you right! Only the blood balances the scales. The blood as far as your
standing with God is concerned, balances the scales when you put your faith in
Christ. As far as your relationship with God is concerning, the blood balances
the scales when you confess your sins.”
—Dr. Jack Hyles (a quote from the
awesome 1991 mp3 sermon, “How
To Be Right With God.”
Please don't let the Roman (or Russian
Orthodox) Catholic cult take you to Hell when you die! The Word of God ought
to be our ONLY authority in all matters of faith, morals, life and doctrine.
...
Colossians 2:6-8,
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been
taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man
spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of
men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
The Scripture warns us to beware of the
unbiblical teachings of men. The word “RUDIMENTS” refers to commonly
accepted heathen teachings; such as, the hypothesis of Evolution and secular
psychology. Roman Catholicism would fall under the “TRADITIONS OF MEN.” Jim
Caviezel is woefully deceived by the Devil.
What makes me sad and really frustrated is
when I see Independent Baptist churches being deceived by Satan, who have no
excuses! There are many deceptions creeping into the churches today
(e.g., Zionism, dispensational teaching, replacement theology, PreWrath
rapture, Christians spending time in the Lake of Fire, feminist theology,
oneness theology, reprobate doctrine, confessing Christ to be saved, et
cetera); but the biggest three major deceptions are: The
Satanic modern Bible perversions,
Calvinism (aka,
Lordship Salvation), and
turning from sins to be saved (i.e., reformation before
regeneration). As Pastor Jack Hyles says: The church is our feeding
trough, not a ritual. So if a church is feeding from the garbage (corruptible
seed), then you are going to get
spiritually sick. I am so disgusted with the
Bob
Jones University crowd and their sanctioning of Satan's corruptible
seed!
Judas Iscariot Said:
“WHAT WILL YE GIVE ME?”
Jesus
was falsely accused by Judas, the Scribes, the Pharisees and the Jews. The
entire matter was fraudulent from the very beginning, as crooked as a dog's
hind leg! The soldiers came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Judas betrayed Him with a kiss, for 30 pieces of silver. I heard a
disturbing Bible verse yesterday, which jumped out at me when I heard it—Matthew
26:14-15, “Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the
chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will
deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of
silver.” What a horrible person! Judas asked the ungodly Pharisees:
“WHAT WILL YE GIVE ME?”
Woe unto the person who always has their
hand out, wanting money! I love giving things away, and always will, which
is Christ in me. Psalms 37:21, “The wicked borroweth, and payeth not
again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.” Ephesians 4:28,
“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with
his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that
needeth.” A righteous person loves to give to others, especially to
help the needy. Don't be like Judas who said: “WHAT WILL YE GIVE ME?”
That type of covetous thinking is a slippery slope!
Today's Bible colleges are in business for
the money, not
THE
TRUTH!
Jesus Was Miraculously Born of
a Virgin
To begin, let us consider that Jesus was
born of a virgin, having God alone as His biological Father. Joseph was
Jesus Dad who raised Him, but not His biological Father. In fact, Jesus
did have God's divine blood flowing in His veins.
Beware of Dr. John MacArthur, who openly denies that Jesus had
divine blood in His body! Jesus was born of a virgin. Thus, He had no
earthly father and of necessity must have had God's divine blood flowing
in His veins. Jesus was 100% a human being, yet he was also 100% God in
the flesh!
Jesus Christ is Sinless
Let us consider that our majestic
Savior was without sin. Jesus never sinned, not even one time! 1st
Peter 2:21-22, “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also
suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.” Woe
unto the ungodly producers of vile Hollywood movies; such as, The
Last Temptation Of Christ, The DaVinci Code, and Jesus
Christ Superstar, which portray Him as a fornicator and a sinner.
Jesus never though a sinful thought. His feet never trod where they
ought not go. Jesus' hands never touched anything sinful. Jesus never
looked at something with sinful lust. Our Lord was perfect, as a Lamb
without spot nor blemish. JESUS IS THE SINLESS LAMB OF GOD. John
1:29, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold
the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” If Jesus
had sinned even one time, He would have been corrupted and damned to
Hell Himself, and not acceptable as a perfect sacrifice for the sins of
the world. Luke 3:22, “And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape
like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou
art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.” We have a
perfect Savior!
The ungodly Pharisees delivered Jesus into
the hands of Pilate, demanding that He be crucified. The Jews cried out
in their hatred: “CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM!” Notice Pilate said
repeatedly that he: FOUND NO FAULT IN JESUS! John 19:4 and 6,
“Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring
him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
... When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried
out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye
him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.” Our Savior
was an innocent man, cruelly murdered by a frenzied mob of Jews in whom
SATAN HATH FILLED THEIR HEART! Just as Satan filled the heart of Ananias
to lie to the Holy Ghost (Acts 5:3), so also did Satan fill the heart's
of the wicked Jews to kill an innocent man.
Jesus was an innocent man, who never hurt
anybody; yet the world hated Him without cause, because He was good and
the manifestation of God. If the world hates Jesus, then they also hate
God, because God has revealed Himself to the world in the person of
Jesus Christ. JESUS IS GOD ALMIGHTY!!!
If
you want to be a good Christian,
live in John chapter 19, which is all
about Christ's crucifixion. Our Lord was betrayed by one of His own,
Judas Iscariot. Judas did not lose his salvation, for he was never saved at
all. John 6:70 says that Judas had a devil in him. Satan filled Judas' heart
to betray Christ. Beware dear reader, and learn an important lesson
hear—anyone is vulnerable to Satanic thoughts! Even the apostle Peter tried
to hinder Jesus from going to the cross. Peter was sincere. Peter loved
Jesus and meant to do good. Yet, we see that amidst the goodness, sincerity
and love for Christ that Satan filled his heart (mark 8:33).
Luke 5:26, “And they were all amazed,
and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen
strange things to day.”
We All Deserve to Go Directly to Hell
Forever!
What
we deserve as sinner reminds me of the popular game Monopoly that we
used to play with my Mom while growing up. If at your turn, you selected
an unfortunate card (as pictured to the left and right), it said to: “GO
TO JAIL - Go Directly to Jail - DO NOT PASS GO - DO NOT COLLECT $200.”
Well friend, that is what we deserve as sinner. God would have every
right to say to every sinner: “GO TO HELL - Go Directly to Hell - DO NOT
PASS THE GRAVE - DO NOT COLLECT ETERNAL LIFE.” It is only because of our
GOOD GOD, Who loved us enough (in His incredible mercy) to send His only
begotten Son into the world to die on a lonely and cruel cross, that we
can have such a grand hope of living forever! Yet, foolish ungodly
people by the billions scorn and scoff at God's mercy, mocking His only
begotten Son Who was sacrificed to pay for that gift, so that we could
simply take it for free. They sinfully reject the free grace of God.
Dear reader, you will have NO ONE to blame
in eternity except yourself if you die in your sins without a Savior!
2nd Timothy 2:13, “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot
deny himself.” We have all done shameful things in our life! We are
all woeful sinners. The Bible says that the ONLY DIFFERENCE between
humans is that some of our sins are known beforehand (e.g., people in
prison), but other human's sins will follow them into eternity and be
revealed then. No one can escape or hide the things they've done wrong
in life. It may have been a horrible sin that you committed over 50
years ago, but it is fresh in God's mind, awaiting judgment. 1st
Timothy 5:24, “Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to
judgment; and some men they follow after.” Humans grow older, time
lessens the severity of a crime, but God does not age nor does He forget
over time. Only the blood of Jesus Christ can wash a man's sins away and
protect him from God's wrath on eternity. Romans 5:9, “ But God
commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we
shall be saved from wrath through him.”
Forgiveness of Sins and
Eternal Life are a Gift
If you've never been
born again dear reader, then now is the
time to believe upon the name of Jesus Christ, that your sins will be
blotted out forever and you can know that your name is written in Heaven.
Christ died for your sins!
You are a sinner by nature and by choice (and so am I). Jesus took your sins
upon Himself on the cross, bearing the shame and the punishment that you
and I justly deserve. Christ went to the cross and paid the penalty for our
sins with His blood. Jesus paid a debt that He did not owe, because we owed
a staggering debt that we could not pay!
The Word of God
promises that if you will simply BY FAITH receive Jesus' sacrifice on
the cross as PAYMENT for your sins, then God will give to you ETERNAL
LIFE! Simply take God at His Word as recorded in the Holy Bible. By
simple childlike faith, God will transfer Christ's righteousness as
payment to your account, and transfer your sins to Christ's account.
This is known theologically as
IMPUTATION.
What a Savior! Micah 7:18, “Who is a God like unto thee, that
pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of
his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth
in mercy.”
The choice is yours alone to make dear
reader—What will you do with Jesus?
Our dear Lord profusely bled, inexplicably suffered, and painfully died upon the cross for our
many sins. OH, HOW WE ARE UNWORTHY! Do you realize dear reader what
Jesus Christ went though for you, to pay YOUR DEBT of sin? I would like
to tell you in this important article.
