Chapter 1 A Consecrated Life - Far Eastern Bible College

us than He was, surely He would have spared His only begotten Son the
infinite pain and anguish of dying the excruciating death on the cross.
I trust that as we take a close look at the events that led up to our
Lord’s death, we may gain a deeper appreciation of the mercies of God
that Jesus revealed on the cross. And by appreciating the mercies of
God, I trust that you may be deeply moved to “present your body a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service.”
There are three wonderful things in the death of Jesus that must
move you to consecrate your life to Him: The Shame of His
Humiliation, The Greatness of His Love, and The Fulfillment of His
Word.
I. The Shame of His Humiliation
The scene of the crucifixion begins in
verse 17,
And he bearing his cross went forth
into a place called the place of a skull,
which is called in the Hebrew
Golgotha: Where they crucified him,
and two other with him, on either side
one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate
wrote a title, and put it on the cross.
And the writing was, JESUS OF
NAZARETH THE KING OF THE
JEWS.
There is a very interesting but
meaningful irony here. The title that was
written on the placard attached to the cross
above Jesus described Him as “The King
of the Jews” and yet there He was, most
unlike any king, not seated on a throne of
glory, not dressed in royal robes, not being
honoured and respected by crowds of
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