WHO REALLY KILLED JESUS

WHO REALLY KILLED JESUS?

Today is "Good Friday" (April 10,2009), the day we remember Jesus dying on the cross on a hill called mount Calvary over 2000 years ago. There has been much discussion through the years, trying to figure out who was to blame for the death of this innocent man. Many people, or groups of people, have been mentioned as the culprits. Some people believe it to be the "Jews" as a nation, because they rejected Him as their King. Others would say it was just their religious leaders who hated Him for showing the hypocrisy in their religious traditions, and paid Judas to betray Him to the Romans. Then of course some would say Pilate, who knew He was innocent, but went along with the crowd and consented to having Him beaten and then crucified. Still others would say it was the Roman soldiers who actually drove the nails and pierced His side who killed Jesus. I suppose all of these mentioned could be partly to blame, but not more than you and I, whose sin that we inherited from Adam, was the real reason why He came from Heaven to this sin cursed earth, to "reverse the curse" than Adam introduced to humanity by his act of disobedience to a direct command from God. (Rom 5:12).

But recently I have come to see that none of these above named individuals really killed Jesus, although indirectly we all had a part in His death. It really was Father God who killed His one and only begotten Son, as the only person worthy to be the sacrifice that would atone for our debt to Almighty God the Creator! (John 3:16) tells us that God loved us "So much that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." This verse along with many others, make it clear that even before Jesus "became a human and dwelt among us" (John 1:14) the decision was made in heaven by the members of the Triune Godhead that Jesus would be the one to volunteer to become the "Lamb of God" who would take away the sin of the world by paying the price for all the sins of mankind! (Phil 2:5-11). This is how God proved His love for us, and should be on our minds as we take part in church services this weekend!

Sincerely submitted.

Dave Jamer