by Adoring God | May 19, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.” (Luke 22:54) God often works contrary to human expectations, as Isaiah 55:8 reminds us, “His ways are not our ways.” This reality calls us to “bow to the...
by Adoring God | May 12, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“Then they took him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.” (Luke 22:54) The last night Christ spent before His crucifixion was marked by quiet obedience, deep sorrow, and majestic restraint. In the same garden where...
by Adoring God | May 5, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.” (Luke 22:47) The betrayal of Jesus by Judas in Gethsemane initiates one of Scripture’s most tragic sequences....
by Adoring God | Apr 28, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“And while he yet spoke, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.” (Luke 22:47) A combination of majesty and mercy make up the strongest guard against treason, as the position and...
by Adoring God | Apr 21, 2022 | Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature
“And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” (Luke 22:44) The agony Christ endured in Gethsemane produced an extraordinary physical manifestation, as His sweat became like great drops...
by Adoring God | Apr 14, 2022 | Godly Meditation, Jesus Christ
“And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” (Luke 22:44) Sweat and blood speak directly to labor and passion, doing and suffering. These are also two of the best representations, or...
