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  1. Journey with Jesus on His Journey to The Cross

    Journey with Jesus on the road to Jerusalem with these reflections for Lent by Sinclair Ferguson. As you walk through the second half of Luke's Gospel, you'll meet the people Jesus encountered on the way to the cross—and prepare your heart to appreciate his death and resurrection afresh. Dr Sinclair B Ferguson is a Ligonier teaching fellow ...

  2. The Cross Journey: How Far Did Jesus Carry His Cross?

    Jesus' journey to carry the cross holds significant historical and biblical importance. Historically, the time it took Jesus to carry the cross from the place of his condemnation to the site of his crucifixion is not explicitly mentioned in the Bible. However, it is widely acknowledged that Jesus endured immense physical and emotional ...

  3. Holy Week Timeline: Palm Sunday to Resurrection Day

    On Monday evening Jesus stayed in Bethany again, probably in the home of his friends, Mary, Martha, and. Monday's events are recorded in Matthew 21:12-22, Mark 11:15-19, Luke 19:45-48, and John 2:13-17. Day 3: On Tuesday, Jesus Goes to the Mount of Olives. On Tuesday morning, Jesus and his disciples returned to Jerusalem.

  4. Jesus' Journey to the Cross

    Though His soul was troubled, Jesus was still willing to die for us, calling it His purpose, and even saying, "Father, glorify your name" (John 12:27-28). It wasn't easy for Jesus to die on the cross. Yet he did. Scripture tells us Jesus understood His death was for our benefit. During the Last Supper, Jesus described His body as being ...

  5. Jesus on the Cross: A Timeline of the Crucifixion

    Before 9:00 AM: Jesus on the Way to Golgotha. Scripture: Matthew 27:31-34; Mark 15:20-23; Luke 23:26-33; and John 19:17. The Romans intended crucifixion to be. unspeakably cruel. mercilessly lingering - men would often last a day or more on the cross. inescapably public - again, to hinder any seditious impulse in the citizenry.

  6. PDF Journey to the Cross

    An ashen cross serves as a reminder that you come from dust and to dust you shall return one day. It is also a call to "Consider yourself dead to sin and alive in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 6:11). As you begin this journey of Lent, you must start with rending your heart—tearing it from self-absorption and binding yourself (mind and devotion) to ...

  7. 7 Passages on Jesus' Journey to the Cross to Meditate on this Lent

    Meditating on the betrayal and arrest of Jesus in the garden during Lent invites a contemplative journey into the depths of Christ's sacrificial love and human vulnerability. In Matthew 26:47-56, the poignant scene unfolds as Judas identifies Jesus with a kiss, leading to His arrest by a cohort of soldiers. The injustice of betrayal by a ...

  8. Journey to the Cross: A Devotional Guide

    Journey to the Cross: A Devotional Guide. Lent strikes many Protestants as the exclusive domain of Roman Catholics, but this season can serve any Christian as a unique time of preparation and repentance as we anticipate the death and resurrection of Jesus. On the Christian calendar, Lent (from Latin, meaning "fortieth") is the 40 days ...

  9. Jesus' Journey to the Cross

    Jesus' Journey to the Cross Starting from Luke 9:51, when He "resolutely set out for Jerusalem," travel with Jesus through Luke's gospel to the cross, resurrection and ascension. Includes 50 reflections from Our Daily Journey .

  10. Journey to the Cross: An Easter Study From Mark's Gospel

    This plan will guide you through an inductive study of Jesus' journey to the cross, beginning with the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Grab a notebook to jot down your thoughts as you are led through a process of (1) observing the events of Passion Week, (2) interpreting the original message to the church in Rome, and (3) applying the Easter story's timeless truths to your life today.

  11. Sermon: Jesus' Journey to the Cross: Difficult, Lonely, Necessary: John

    Jesus' Journey to the Cross was Difficult. First of all, it should be acknowledge that Jesus' journey the cross was difficult. This might seem so obvious that it is hardly worth saying, but I think it is good that we consider carefully the difficulty of Jesus' journey. I suppose it can be said that the whole of Jesus' life was difficult.

  12. Complete Journey To The Cross

    Journey To The Cross. Welcome to our guided prayer walk through the Journey to the Cross. We hope this evening will give you space to reflect on the events of Jesus' crucifixion and in unique and meaningful way. Just a couple notes before you being. Silence. Please remain silent for the duration of the walk. Time

  13. Journey to the Cross: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional Kindle Edition

    Journey to the Cross is a precious reminder―one worth returning to again and again―of not only the rich benefits we receive through Christ's humiliation, death, and burial, but also of his dignifying invitation to properly lament the wrong that is in the world and the wrong that is within us. The season of Lent is a special, forty-day ...

  14. Walking with Christ to the Cross: Take This Lenten Journey Through

    Ash Wednesday is February 17th this year, and with the Easter season here, Bible Gateway would like to introduce you to Walking with Christ to the Cross. This robust free email devotional is intended to make learning Scripture a more immersive and faith-transforming journey. Beginning February 21st and lasting until Resurrection Sunday (April ...

  15. Journey to the Cross: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional

    Paul David Tripp's "Journey to the Cross" was an excellent and focused guide through the Lenten Season. Tripp's concentration on sin and repentence was spot on. So many Lenten devotionals today, stick to less disagreeable and lighter topics and thereby miss the whole point of this season of reflection, repentence, fasting and anticipation.

  16. Journey to the Cross

    Lent is a time in the Christian calendar to mourn our sin and set aside worldly things that keep our hearts from experiencing God most fully. Journey to the Cross will help you focus on the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus during the lead up to Easter, while experiencing the true reason for Lent. BUY THE HARDCOVER $23.99 $14.99.

  17. 2 Key Qualities: Christ's Journey to the Cross

    The only thing he has is the determination God placed within him to walk out what he clearly acknowledges is a predetermined path. And on this path, he exhibits two key qualities that encapsulate both his mission and his identity. Imbued with Authority. At every single point of his journey to the cross, Jesus operates as one imbued with authority.

  18. Following Jesus To The Cross

    Written by seminary lecturer Dr Lim Kar Yong, this 12-day Easter devotional depicts Jesus' journey from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday. Based on events found in the Gospel of Mark, every reading contains a Bible passage, photos, reflection questions and prayers that will help you commit yourself to God. The readings will appear under the 12-Day ...

  19. Journey to the Cross: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional

    Retail Price: $23.99. Journey through Lent with Best-Selling Author Paul David Tripp. "During our forty days together, may your mourning increase so that your joy may deepen.". — Paul David Tripp. Lent is a time in the yearly Christian calendar when we mourn our sin and let go of worldly things that keep our hearts from experiencing God ...

  20. Jesus

    Jesus began His journey to the cross in the gospel of Mark knowing and convinced of the suffering He must endure - it was in fact what God had revealed as part of His plan in the OT. Jesus follows His question with a statement that surely caught His disciples by surprise but which continued to emphasize that suffering lay ahead of Him.

  21. Journey To The Cross

    But Christ's journey from the cradle to the grave reveals a pattern that is stitched throughout the fabric of Scripture. For Christ, Christians, and all creation, the way of glory is the way of the Cross. As Jesus approached his death, he said, "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself" (John 12:32).

  22. Jesus' Journey to Jerusalem and the Cross in the Gospel of Luke

    On His way to Jerusalem and to the cross, Jesus met a lot of people. In this Groundwork series we'll follow Jesus on the road to Jerusalem and His journey to the cross by studying stories and encounters described in the Gospel of Luke. Together we'll discuss the lessons on discipleship, gratitude, the ultimate cost of our salvation, and God's beautiful gift of grace this journey shares.

  23. Rabbi Reveals How a Spiritual Encounter Led Him to Embrace Jesus

    Eventually, he found Christianity. Or, as he says, Jesus found him. "One day, I was meditating and had this crazy spiritual experience. My soul began to leave my body.

  24. Sayings of Jesus on the cross

    Crucifixion, seen from the Cross by James Tissot, c. 1890. The sayings of Jesus on the cross (sometimes called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions biblically attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion.Traditionally, the brief sayings have been called "words". The seven sayings are gathered from the four canonical gospels. [1] [2] In Matthew and Mark, Jesus cries out to God.