The Devotional –ALONE!

The Devotional –ALONE!

Comment: As the LORD Jesus approaches the day of His sacrificial death, we see His ministry among His disciples change. From chapter seventeen through chapter 21, the LORD is alone, among humanity He has no one that He might cling to or confide in. In chapter 14 we see these recorded Words of Jesus in verse 30: “I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in ME.” It is as if the entire world has rejected Him, yet He is not alone. While His disciples and countrymen are scattered by the ruler of this world, Jesus says in John 16:32 – “Indeed the hour is coming, yes, and now has come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.” The physical suffering of our LORD on the cross was and is inexpressible with human words. To die for the SIN of the world is unimaginable, but to be left alone and to do this alone, only God Himself could accomplish. God was left alone in that hour of time and only FAITH in one’s soul can believe this.

Devotional: In that period of time, Matthew in his gospel records these words “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” This is not a STATEMENT, it is a question and the interpretation of that question is. “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” The answer is and I quote from Hebrews 5:5-11.

“So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You." As He also says in another place: "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek"; who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, called by God as High Priest "according to the order of Melchizedek," of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.”

Jesus Christ did not glorify Himself, He glorified His Father and as such, His Father glorified Him and He (Jesus) became the HIGH PRIEST (Melchizedek). In this ONE event in history, He was perfected through obedience to the Father and is the ONLY AUTHOR of Eternal salvation to ALL WHO OBEY HIM.

If you know Jesus in this WAY then you KNOW and have ETERNAL SALVATION, if you do not know Jesus in this way, then you have NO ETERNAL SALVATION. The choice will always be yours alone through faith alone.