The Necessary Life and Death and Life of Jesus
When I consider my existence (I know… it sounds like I have become a hippy!) I realize that from almost any perspective some parts of my life have been more important than other parts.
Nobody noticed the first time I ate bacon. While it might have been a good day for me, I do not even remember it myself.
Nobody noticed my 26th birthday. While I advanced in years, nothing particularly important happened.
In the life of Jesus there are three particular phases. And those three phases are necessary for our justification, necessary for our sanctification, and necessary for our glorification.
In the life of Jesus there are three particular phases. And those three phases are necessary for our past, necessary for our present, and necessary for our future.
In the life of Jesus there are three particular phases. And those three phases are necessary for the physical world, necessary for the emotional world, and necessary for the spiritual world.
And so, for the next while, let’s examine those phases: The earthly life of Jesus… the death of Jesus… and the life (again) of Jesus.