Week 15 - The Journey Day 2
"When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, "It is finished." And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit." John 19:30
The Son of God hands over the spirit, was that His earthly spirit or the Holy Spirit? "Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross." Philippians 2:6-8. Jesus as Son of Man has accomplished His task, our salvation, excepting our sin and He being the sin offering.
"When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, "It is finished." And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit." John 19:30
The Son of God hands over the spirit, was that His earthly spirit or the Holy Spirit? "Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross." Philippians 2:6-8. Jesus as Son of Man has accomplished His task, our salvation, excepting our sin and He being the sin offering.
Jesus is true God and true man, as a man in union with the Holy Spirit, He became our sin. As man, Jesus needed the Holy Spirit to do what He did. There is a crisis of faith in this world for we do not understand the power God gives us, in and through the Holy Spirit. "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body." 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Jesus had to show us how to live in a world full of sin without sin. "He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who came to believe in him were to receive. There was, of course, no Spirit yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified." John 7:39. Jesus has been glorified and St Paul gives us the keys so therefore glorify God in your body. Jesus handed over His earthly spirit.
What is God saying to me? Am I living in the way that glorifies God?
Dear Father, I am thankful for the gift of Your Holy Spirit, I am thankful for His protection, His wisdom and His guidance. Prayers for a friend struggling with their faith, may You empower them with the same power Jesus received in the River Jordan. Prayers for our country and culture, may Your Holy Spirit awaken the faithful to the fullness of life in You and with You. Bless this day Father and he ever in us and our thoughts. In Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.
St Joesph, Terror of Demons, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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