Jesus’s readiness and submission to the pains of redeeming humanity.

Jesus’s readiness and submission to the pains of redeeming humanity. 

John  18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.  18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.  18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.  18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?  18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.  18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.  18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.  18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:  18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.  18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?  18:12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,  18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

Without our Lord’s willingness to surrender, the mob sent to arrest to arrest Him, would have failed abysmally.

Over and over in the scriptures, you discover His lifestyle of absolute surrender to His Father’s will and readiness to pay the price of saving humanity from sins .

In deed He was totally surrendered to the Father from the outset to the end of His earthly ministry.

John  4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

John  6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John  8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.  8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

John  10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.  10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Mark  14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.  14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.  14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.  14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. 

He has left for all His followers of all ages and you in particular to follow His example and be wholeheartedly surrender to God in all things and at all times.

That is the expectations of God from you.

Jeremiah  7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

Psalms  81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.  81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.  81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.  81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!  81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.  81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.  81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

When you surrender, you are blessed.

Isaiah  48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.  48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:  48:21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

Instead of surrender, many so called churchgoers rebel.

Jeremiah  6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Jeremiah  44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.  44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

When this happens the losses are collosal.

Numbers  14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.  14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.  14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.  14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.  14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.  14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.  14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

Follow the good example of Jesus henceforth, surrender wholly to God and you shall be blessed in Jesus name.

Genesis  22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,  22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:  22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;  22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Let us pray.