One of the most compelling proofs that Christ's work on the cross is essential to achieving reconciliation between man and God is found in Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus, in the depths of His anguish, fell on His face and cried out to the Father, asking, 'My Father, if He is possible, let this cup pass from me!' (Mat 26:39)
What would or would not be possible? Is it simply avoiding the suffering of the cross and death? No, because that presented no difficulty as such; God was of course able to deliver Him from the crowd. Jesus Himself rebuked a nervous Peter when Peter was depriving Malchus, the high priest's servant, of his right ear in his attempt to come to the Lord's rescue, by telling him that He was able to call upon twelve legions of angels if He wished to deliver Him.
No, in speaking of what might be possible, He was speaking rather of redemption, of His ultimate purpose, which was to bear the sins of humanity and bring men to God. If this could be done without Him having to experience the terrible anguish in which He was plunged and the torments to come as He bore the wrath of God in man's place, that would be preferable. But since that was impossible, since salvation could only be granted through His death and sacrifice as Man's Substitute, then so be it.
In preaching Christ, we must keep in mind the fact that even though He willingly gave His life for us according to God's predetermined plan, It was not an easy thing. He did it because there was no other possibility, because it was the only way to satisfy both divine justice and love. It was neither a gratuitous nor a masochistic act, but the sine qua non of redemption.
Therefore we can only praise Jesus, we can only praise the cross, and we can only praise our redemption. Peter the apostle encourages us to do this by explaining this: 'You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot' (1Pe 1:19). Magnificent Savior.
Who are we that Jesus went all the way? Did we deserve it?
No one is worthy of him, but it is out of love that he gave his life for my life.
I once stepped on my mother's pincushion. I screamed in pain, of course, but what is a pincushion compared to the nails that pierced Jesus? Likewise, every time I hit my foot on a table... I can't help but say to Jesus, "But how did you do it?" How could he have suffered so much physical pain, not to mention the mental pain (all his disciples had abandoned him, and the crowd that was cheering him was booing him this time); and the spiritual pain (by taking the sin of the world upon himself, he was rejected by God so that we might be accepted by him). I can only bow down before him and say to you, "BELIEVE IN JESUS, ASK HIM FOR FORGIVENESS FOR YOUR SINS, AND YOU WILL BE SAVED!"
What love what love!!!!!
Love expressed, love in action…
He alone could reconcile us with the Father
paying for our sins with his life…
Thank you Jesus
Attempt at interpretation:
What is unavoidable,
It is the accomplishment of our life's work.
It is reconciliation with what inhabits us, animates us: the anima.
Accept to drink the cup,
It’s about taking a different look at suffering.
Make poison into an elixir.
Jesus is a beacon in the midst of the tumultuous ocean of anguish.
A man alone like all those who watch
Among those who can't help but sleep.
This is how the explorer,
He who opens the Way to those who have lost their way
Offer his body as lightning falls on the darkness.