Hear the messages that Father Jeremiah delivers each week
to the congregation of Grace Anglican.
St. Peter tell us to consider the future and the past works of God and to understand them the word of God in the present. In many ways, Reepicheep, in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, does this very thing in his pursuit of going to Aslan’s country. We too can walk in this way by seeing God’s promises from the past and future through the word today.
Image: uploaded by Storyseeker1 at the Reepicheep WikiNarnia page. Art by Pauline Baynes, found in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
How does Jesus accomplish God’s will upon the cross? Is this really what he was called to do? It is true that Jesus going to the cross is what God desired him to do, in fact, Jesus’ act upon the cross of bearing the sin of the world is well-pleasing to the Father.
Image: Master of the Starck Triptych, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Death of Jesus was a fulfilling of God the Father’s covenant faithfulness. He had promised Abraham that all the people’s of the earth would be blessed through him and it is through Jesus’ death that that blessing comes. God completes his promise and we are given the gift of life as God’s people.
Image: The Crucifixion by Pietro Lorenzetti. Public Domain. Image location: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438605
Jesus’ death is more than just the death of a single man. It is the death at the center of all creation that was walked into by Jesus. He knew fully what was in store for him and willingly accepted that he would be the sacrifice for us all. We continue to come back to this truth because it is foundational to us as Christians.
Image: Calvary, by Master of St. John and St. Stephen, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Image location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Master_of_Saint_John_and_Saint_Stephen_-_Calvary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
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