Good morning. Then Jesus
cried out with a loud voice, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” This
of course is what was said in Psalm 22, which referred to the Christ. Some
people thought He was calling for Elijah to help Him. Someone got a sponge and
filled it with sour wine, and gave Him a drink. I always thought that it was
wine that had been sitting around for a long time and had gone sour. I read
though that it was cheap wine that was given to the soldiers – that is why it
was sour. Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook;
and the rocks were split, and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the
saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after His
resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many. Matthew’s is the
only gospel that mentions this. The way it is written sounds weird. It sounds
like they were raised from the dead when He died; but did not come out of the
tombs until three days later when He was raised. Perhaps it's just the style of
writing – Matthew was just finishing the episode about them, but did not write
it chronologically with the rest of the events. Then again maybe that is
exactly what happened. Father thank You that You are constantly with the reader.
Give him/her guidance every day.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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