52, 6-2, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS (4/15/2022)
Today is Good Friday and we prepare for the celebration of Easter this Sunday, the resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus. Today we have poems from all three books that were written about this time.
Discussion:
The first one is from God’s Rhyme, pg. 99
WHEN DID JESUS PRAY ABBA?
Someone asked, “Did Jesus call out Abba while on the cross?”
“Abba?” was the next question to be spoken.
“Yes, Abba, if one were to be speaking in Hebrew,
to call out Abba would one be calling out daddy?”
And more
Time and
Translations
Languages
From one
To another
To the Greek, Abba is father;
it’s origin from the Aramaic.
Abba,
Father of a child,
as in YAHUAH,
the Creator of Heaven,
the stars, the sun, the earth,
the Father of our Lord
and Saviour, Jesus.
Then the search becomes research,
which is all well and good
as long as it doesn’t get in the way
by making the simple harder to say.
Simply put as would a child
calling out to his father,
calling out to Abba, his papa
shows a child’s endearing love.
And so it was in the garden,
where before the cross, Jesus prayed.
knowing the end was the beginning.
knowing, both as man and God.
He fell to the ground and prayed,
“Abba, Father", he said,
"everything is possible through you.
Take this cup from me.
Yet not what I will,
but what you will.” (Mark 14:35,36, NIV)
Abba, Father, Daddy, Father.
Abba, the personal intimacy.
Father, the proper sign of respect.
Together, a cry of understanding.
So it was at Gethsemane.
in the garden while the disciples slept.
It was here that He did pray
so that the very next day
while on the cross,
dying for the lost,
His prayer would be heard,
“Father, forgive them,
for they do not know
what they do.” (Luke 23:34)
Sometime near the end of 2011 I had gotten restless, not with God, but in my celebrating God. Many more times than not, I felt worse when I left church than when I left the house to go to church. I had the opportunity to talk to a good friend about this. His memories of our friendship are philosophizing, and sitting on the front porch. I told him that I needed to find peace in my worship. He told a friend who told a friend who called me one day and asked if I would like to attend a weekly Bible study group. I said yes. This was a new experience for me. I felt alive and experience more growth in my faith than I had in years. This became my church, at least for awhile.) At on meeting the question came up, when did Jesus use "Abba." Dan, the friend of a friend, asked me to research this for the next week's meeting. I'm pretty sure he knew it would be written in poetic form.
PS: Dan and I lived on the same block, just around the corner. Even though our daughters played together and our wives knew each other, we had never met until Bible study.
Discussion:
As I was preparing the Show Notes, the words from Luke 23:34, “Father, forgive them,
for they do not know what they do,” struck a chord with me. I asked myself, what am I willing to forgive.
The next poem is from God Still Rhymes, pg. 103.
LOVE
I can’t help but cry,
No matter how I try
As I wonder why
He was the one to die.
To endure the pain
That he may reign,
His love to give
That I might live.
At the cross
My life’s loss
Now forever lost
As he paid the cost.
There is a song about being
Before God in Heaven,
“I Can Only Imagine.”
Well, his sacrifice
For the sin of my life,
That I can never imagine.
The praying in the garden,
The emotional turmoil
The fears of man.
Then as the Son of God
Praying to the Father,
“Not my will, but yours.”
Man and Deity,
Knowing the end
He endured
The brutality of a Roman flogging,
The braided whip laced with metal balls,
Tearing through the skin
From shoulders to legs,
Exposing muscle, sinew and veins,
The human blood loss
On the way to the cross.
Weakened beyond thought and words,
Falling, as we should too.
A man named Simon
Took up Jesus’ cross.
Nails driven through His wrists and feet,
With excruciating pain nerves were severed,
Severed that I might be delivered
From the pain that is rightly mine.
Each and every intake of breath
An agonizing feat
To be repeated over and again
As he did exhale.
His human heart thirsting for blood,
Blood that was no longer there
Having been left on the trail,
Causing the heart of this man to fail.
The heart of God stopped
Because of me.
A sacrifice
That I might be forgiven
For the life I have been living.
His last words,
“Forgive them, Father”.
Because He loves me.
Reflection on Love
My daughter Emily showed me a book she was reading the last time I was at her house. The book is “The Case for Christ” by Lee Strobel. She had me read the chapter on the crucifixion. That chapter had a profound effect on how I viewed the crucifixion. I knew then that I wanted to write a poem about this. She has since lent me the book to read. So far I have reread the same chapter. I prayed before beginning to write that God would give me the words. He gave me the words and something else I have never experienced while writing – tears.
Discussion:
The next poem is also from God Still Rhymes, pg. 106.
THE JOY OF SADNESS
PREFACE
A priest once told me he needed to find
Something new for his Easter homily.
Something that that went beyond the mind,
To remind his flock one last time
That we are part of God’s family
Not just on Easter, but every day we live.
How we give,
What is mine,
What is ours.
As the hours
Pass us by
We must try
To live as Jesus
Has showed us,
Not just today,
But everyday.
THE STORY
Friday, mid-afternoon, the Son of God died for me.
This should not come as a surprise.
The prophets of the Old Testament foretold this,
That he would die then rise.
We go to Church, we read the Gospel story
Of his betrayal, arrest, trial and execution.
We read how those who loved him
Wondered how in this there was any glory.
Wasn’t this the Son of God who had come to save,
To save the chosen people of God once and for all time?
Was he only a prophet, sent to . . .
No one understood the life he gave.
Since the time in the Garden, after creation,
Those made in his image turned from him.
Year after century turning their back on God
They continued to live in and worship sin.
An atonement was made every year,
A spotless lamb sacrificed.
But always in God’s eye was a tear,
Sorrow for those he created.
Be thankful God’s ways are not our ways
And that our ways are not God’s ways.
Would we have sent our only child
To die for others transgressions?
When Jesus uttered those words, “It is done”
And his mortal body died,
The veil in the Temple was torn,
That we might see more than the Son.
We can now see God, the love He has for us,
Through Jesus, we see God, a loving God
That loved us enough to be
The ultimate sacrifice for eternity.
The story does not end there.
After three days in the tomb
A risen Jesus appeared,
The living being, the Son of God.
Conquering death and sin forever,
Jesus rose that we might be redeemed,
That through faith in the risen Christ
We are made righteous in his sight..
God’s gift – his grace,
Salvation and the promise
Of life with him
As we run this race.
On this Easter day we pray,
Pray to the Lord of Heaven above,
A prayer of thanksgiving
For loving us so much
That he was able to turn
His sorrow into our joy.
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
We should live every day as if it were Easter.
When we rise in the morning, Jesus is with us.
Because he is risen, we have been given
The hope we need in our lives to cope.
Let the risen Jesus be with you every day,
every moment you breathe.
Discussion:
The next poem is also from Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 140
The VEIL TORN
A Time Before
An when Jesus had cried out again
in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
At that moment the curtain in the temple
was torn in two from top to bottom.
Matthew 27: 50,51
The veil in the Temple of the Old Testament
Concealed the Holy of Holies, the place
where the Ark of the Covenant
and God’s presence rested.
One time each year the priest entered
To offer atonement for the sins of God’s people.
Then Today
The veil is taken away. But whenever
Anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
2 Corinthians 3:16
The veil was torn, God’s presence now shown
To those who believe in his atonement for our sin.
It is now through Jesus that we see the face of God,
That we can live in his presence, that his face is known.
Jesus is the high priest that sits at God’s right hand
Making intercession for us as our prayers we present.
It is through his atonement for our sin that we now stand
Knowing that through his Son, we are always in God’s presence.
If we accept God’s gift,
The grace of his love,
The death of hIs Son
In a way that by us
Could never be done,
We will not see the veil,
We will see only his love.
We now come to God through Jesus
Who lived facing the temptations
We live with each and every day.
He understands our weaknesses.
Now and Forever
Therefore, since we have a great high priest
who has ascended into heaven, Jesus, the Son
of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable
to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have
one who has been tempted in every way,
just as we are – yet he did not sin.
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace
with confidence, so that we may receive mercy
and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:14-16
It is through Jesus that we are now able to be in God’s presence.
Discussion:
AS WE CLOSE IN PRAYER, MAY WE CONTINUE IN PRAYER
Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast. Dave and I thank You for Your leading us through the day and into tomorrow. We pray that today has been pleasing to You and honors Your glory.
We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith.
We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live. Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are. May we do so in a loving way. Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in. We pray for the nation of Ukraine and its people; its leaders, those who have fled the country to find safety, those who are still trying to leave the country and those who are staying to fight the invading army of their enemy. May their faith and determination be an example to the entire world.
Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week. We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us. As we walk with you this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.
May today and the two day that follow, leading to the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the living Son of God be filled with love beyond our understanding.
We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.
Amen
4/3/2022
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