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The Passion of Jesus Christ – Part Two

“This is how God showed his love: he sent his only Son into the world…as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:9 “Beloved if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” John 4:11

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” John 3:16-17

On the Cross Jesus pays the price of divine justice.   God’s work of salvation is consummated on the Cross. The merits of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ are infinite and make full reparation to God’s divine justice, i.e., Jesus pays the price of all our sins, all we need to do is REPENT.

The problem is many souls are not turning to Jesus for salvation and are not repenting.  The Body of Christ must continue to prove our love to God, by denying ourselves, doing penance for our sins, serving God and praying for God’s grace upon all.

St. Paul said, “Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.”  Colossians 1:24

St. Paul was not ‘atoning’ for sin for Jesus paid the full price of our sins, but St. Paul was doing God’s will and suffering to try to bring more souls to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, thus building up the Body of Christ, the Church.

God’s Plan of Salvation

God’s work of salvation continues as His Body on earth, His disciples, do good works, evangelize and pray that all souls turn to Jesus for redemption.  We must repent of our sins and dedicate our lives to doing the Holy Will of God as we pray for God’s Holy Spirit to heal our broken world, to silence the forces of evil, to end violence and to save all souls.

Jesus calls us to “Love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.” Luke 6:35

Christianity was built on the Sacred Blood of Our Lord Jesus and on the blood of many holy martyrs.

St Paul said, “… When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world–right up to this moment.” 1 Corinthians 4:12-13

The apostles persevered in spite of the hardships because they believed in the promise of eternal life and so too must we.

Jesus Prayed for All Believers that we may all be ONE!

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,  that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.  I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” John 17: 20-23

The Resurrection of Our Lord is the promise of Eternal Life in which we hope!

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11: 25-26

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” John 11:27

“Christ…was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.” 1 Corinthians 15:4

LET US BE AS ONE AND FULFILL THE PRAYER JESUS PRAYED!

As Disciples of Our Lord Jesus we have a responsibility to pray for one another that we may honour God and fulfill His Holy Will. The responsibility of believers to help fallen souls is GREAT!

Please join the global prayer movement that is uniting believers every day at the foot of the Cross of Jesus to pray for all souls.  We stop at 3pm (in our local time zones – or in a time zone that is convenient for prayer) because 3pm is the time Jesus died for us on the Cross.

We are calling this movement The Mercy Movement We believe that Jesus will revolutionize the lives of all those who come to Him with true faith. Pray for the mercy of Our Holy Lord upon all souls. Thank Jesus for loving us so much that He would die for us. Pray that Jesus sends His Holy Spirit upon our broken and suffering world so that we may all repent and give God the glory He so deserves as we commit to loving God and one another.

Jesus can provide us with answers to our many problems. With God all things are possible! Let us unite as ONE Body of Christ and turn to Our Savior, Jesus Christ, with trust, with hope and with love! Stand at the foot of the Cross of Jesus every day at the time He died for you, 3pm, and you will fall in love with Your Savior and then temptation will lose its grip on you and you will be filled with holy desire to please Our Redeemer Jesus Christ, True God, True Man.