37.Q. What do you understand by the word "suffered"?
A. That during His whole life on earth, but especially at the end, Christ sustained in body and soul the anger of God against the sin of the whole human race. This He did in orre that, By His suffering as the only atoning sacrifice, He might set us free, body and soul, for eternal condemnation, and gain for us God's grace, righteousness, and eternal life.
38.Q. Why did He suffer "under Pontius Pilate" as judge?
A. So that He, though innocent, might be condemned by civil judge, and so free us from the severe judgment of God that was to fall on us.
39.Q. Is it significant that He was "crucified" instead of dying some other way?
A. Yes. This death convinces me that He shouldered the curse which lay on me, since death by crucifixion was accursed by God.
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Mark 6:5-6,56
Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about eht villages in a circuit, teaching.
Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the border of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well.
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...sin always seeks to extenuate and lessen the seriousness of sin to the mind.
When sin would entangle the soul, it prevails with the imagination to solicit the heart by painting sin as something beautiful and satisfying.
When sin tempts with such pressure, it uses a thousand wiles to hide the soul from the terror of the Lord.
Fill your affections with the cross of Christ and you will find no room for sin.
John Owen--Sin and Temptation
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Pray for peace in the workers' hearts when traveling in especially difficult areas.
Pray for boldness and courage as workers carry out kingdom work.
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