Jesus says plainly to the Pharisees that he is going to be "lifted up", and refers to the bronze seraph serpent that saved the Hebrews in the desert. (Jn 8:28) He, because of his obedience to his Father, chooses the cross, which becomes the instrument that saves us. He knows it will be an excruciating (root word, cruce...cross) death, but nevertheless, he willingly embraces it FOR US! Crucifixion is no longer practiced but taking up our cross to follow Jesus has never gone out of fashion. In this last week and a half of Lent, may we not shrink from whatever cross appears in our path, and embrace it as willingly as Jesus did, for the sake of others, for our own sake. If we want to rise with the Lord, we must die to self, be emptied as he was. Then we will truly rise with him!
Bro Rene.
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