Jesus Life Was The Cross

 John 17:4-5 

 "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which 

thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me 

with thine own self with the glory which I had 

with thee before the world was." 

    Jesus life had a climax, and that was the Cross. To him the Cross was the glory of life and the way to the glory of eternity. "And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified." (John 12:23). What did Jesus mean when he repeatedly spoke of the Cross as his glory and his glorification? Other say there is more answers than one. However I do not agree! Jesus Life Was The Cross!! Because The Cross Was His Glory. Amen!!
    It is one of the facts of history that again and again it was in death that the great ones found their glory. It was when they died, and how they died, which showed people what and who they really were. They may have been misunderstood, undervalued, condemned as criminals in their lives, but their deaths showed their true place in the scheme of things. Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Apostle Paul, John The Baptist. I could go on writing names down, but there is a lot of people that has given their life for others.      
    Again and again a martyr's majesty has appeared in death. It was so with Jesus, for even the centurion at the foot of the Cross was left saying: "Truly this was the Son of God" (Matt 27:54). The Cross was the glory of Jesus because he was never more majestic than in his death. The Cross was his glory because its magnet drew men to him in a way that even his life had never done, and Christ is still drawing men to him through the Holy Spirit of God. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends," (John 15:13).
Amen!

Reading: (John 17:1-5)
Ref: (HG SB, DSB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry