He's The One -- August 16, 2009

Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,”

John 18:8 NKJV

I have always been fascinated by how in control Jesus was of His own arrest. When they came seeking Him Jesus announced Himself and those who came to arrest Him fell back! When they had recovered Jesus asked them again who they were seeking and then set the terms of the arrest.

This group of Pharisee-authorized guards led by Judas accepted the terms as the disciples fled into the dark and followed in the distance. There was no attempt to round up His disciples. They didn’t even try to bring them in as witnesses!

I am reminded that Jesus claimed to be in control of His own life and death long before this happened. John 10:17-18 record Jesus' statement that He is the One & Only who is giving His life for our Salvation. No one has corned Him and taken His life. He has laid it down for us. He has regenerated Himself so that He has conquered death.

Jesus waited for “His time” to finish the mission the Father sent Him to do. He was in control of the sacrifice for our sins. He was the Sacrifice for our offenses. Jesus waited for the third day to raise Himself so there could be no doubt that He had been dead and was alive again. He was in control of the validation of His sacrifice. He is the living proof that we can trust in the promise of our own glorified body when He comes back for His Church.

He’s The One,

Pastor Jason