It’s women’s day coming
and such a title! Don’t get me wrong! Relax! I’m not going to share a
depressing love story. Instead let me share with you a beautiful inspiring true
love story which I happened to confront when I read John 18:1-11.
1)
Irony- GARDEN!
In the Gospel according
to John, there is this garden mentioned, though not the name.
Two Garden which is
very popular in the Bible is 1) Garden of Eden 2) Gethsemane Garden.
· In
the Garden of Eden, the first Adam falls whereas in this Garden, the last Adam
stood.
· In
the Garden of Eden, the first Adam committed sin whereas in this Garden, the
last Adam took all sin.
· In
the Garden of Eden, the first Adam fell before Satan’s temptation whereas in
the presence of last Adam hundreds of soldiers fell.
· In
the Garden of Eden, due to the first Adam, “All have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God.-Romans 3:23” whereas due to sacrifice of the last Adam,
“whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.-Romans 10:13”
· In
the Garden of Eden, the first Adam hid himself among the trees(Genesis 3:8)
whereas the last Adam reveals himself, “I AM he- John 18:5”
· In
the Garden of Eden, a flaming sword was kept to protect the tree that gives life
(Genesis 3:24) whereas in this Garden “Put your sword back (John 18:11)”Thus,
Our Lord came to conquer by way of the cross and not by way of the sword.
2)
LOVE NEST COMPROMISED!
· “Judas
knew where it was, because many times Jesus had met there with his disciples.-John
18:2”
· What
we see here is Judas’ stony heart.
· He
compromised over the beautiful love nest and its memories to enemy.
· A
place where our Bridegroom (Jesus) was loving and nourishing his Bride (Church).
3) GOD’S WISDOM AND MAN’S
FOOLISHNESS.
· But
Jesus said, “Judas, is it with a kiss that you betray the Son of Man?”-Luke
22:48
· Who
but Satan could have thought of such a sign as that?
· It
was a great insult to the Lord’s way of dealing with people i.e. his love and
compassion that too from his own disciple.
· But
the very same Lord miraculously helps Saul find his true path.
· Though
he was persecuting the followers of Christ, though he was not one of his
disciples, though he was following Satan, the very same Saul got his new name,
Apostle Paul.
· That
he fought for Jesus beyond his strength.
· Our
Lord has great power at the same time we can see that the Bible does have a
good sense of humor.
· One
of God’s disciples betrays him and one of God’s persecutors becomes God’s
disciple.
4) IRONY-LORD’S
WILLINGNESS TO REVEAL HIMSELF!
·
Let’s turn our pages and read John
6:15,” Jesus knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make
him king by force; so he went off again to the hills by himself.”--When Jesus feeds 5000 men.
·
Now let’s read John 18:4,”…so he stepped
forward and asked them,’ who is it you are looking for? ....I AM he’” –When Jesus confronts about 200 soldiers.
·
When Jesus fed a multitude of people,
all ate to fullness.
·
Like us all, they already found their
Messiah who would feed them. But the Lord didn’t wait for their praise.
·
His eyes were ever open towards Father’s
glory through his shame.
·
Lord, I love you! You keep on marveling
me!
5) GOD’S LOVE IS SO WONDERFUL!
· Simon
Peter drew his sword, and cuts off Malchus’ right ear.
· Jesus
touched the man’s ear and healed him.
· Peter
was able to stand by the Lord with his sword but failed to stand by the Lord
with his tongue.
· He
might have his own way of righteousness.
· But
no one can deny the love our Jesus has for us when he healed Malchus.
We:-
We too might have been
betrayed by the most nearest person or closest one. Nail your feeling of agony
due to betrayal and believe our Lord Jesus can save us. He went through this
pain where his own disciple betrayed him. His grace is sufficient for us to
deal such agony.
We have our victory in
Christ. He went through all this pain and understands our agony.
Believe and keep
praying.
Hope this word of God
from John 18:1-11 directly speaks to your heart.
GOD
BLESS YOU.
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