The Cross, Our GlorySample
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All Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Easy Read Bible.
THE SAVIORâS PRAYER
Dear friends, when we are tempted and desire to overcome, the best weapon is prayer. When you cannot use the sword and the shield, take to yourself the famous weapon of all-prayer. That is what your Savior did. Let us notice His prayer.
IT WAS LONELY PRAYER
He withdrew even from His three best friends about a stoneâs cast. Believer, especially in temptation, be much in solitary prayer. As private prayer is the key to open heaven, so is it the key to shut the gates of hell. As it is a shield to prevent, so is it the sword with which to fight against temptation. Family prayer, social prayer, prayer in the church will not suffice. These are very precious, but the best beaten spice will smoke in your censer in your private devotions, where no ear hears but Godâs. Betake yourselves to solÂitude if you would overcome.
IT WAS HUMBLE PRAYER
Luke says he knelt, but another evangelist says he fell on his face. What! Does the King fall on His face? Where, then, must be your place, you humble servant of the great Master? Doth the Prince fall flat to the ground? Where, then, will you lie? What dust and ashes shall cover your head? What sackcloth shall gird your loins? Humility gives us a good foothold in prayer. There is no hope of any real prevalence with God, who casts down the proud, unless we abase ourselves that He may exalt us in due time. (See 1 Peter 5:6.)
IT WAS FILIAL PRAYER
Matthew describes Him as saying, âO My Fatherâ (Matthew 26:39); Mark puts it, âAbba, Fatherâ (Mark 14:36). You will find this always a stronghold in the day of trialâto plead your adopÂtion. Thus that prayer in which it is written, âLead us not into tempÂtation, but deliver us from evilâ (Matthew 6:13) begins with âOur Father which is in heavenâ (Matthew 6:9). Plead as a child. You have no rights as a subject; you have forfeited them by your treason, but nothing can forfeit a childâs right to a fatherâs protection. Be not then ashamed to say, âMy Father, hear my cry.â
IT WAS THE PRAYER OF RESIGNATION
âNevertheless not as I will, but as You willâ (Matthew 26:39). Yield, and God yields. Let it be as God wills, and God will will it that it shall be for the best. Be perfectly content to leave the result of your prayer in the hands of Him who knows when to give, and how to give, and what to give, and what to withhold. So pleading, earnestly, importunately, yet mingling with it humility and resigÂnation, you shall yet prevail.
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The cross is one of the most influential images within Christianity and its significance is unending. Charles Spurgeonâs collection of messages examines the lonely anticipation of the cross, the brutality of the crucifixion, and the joy of the resurrection. His words capture the importance of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Allow these messages to be a reminder of a loving Saviorâs sacrifice for Godâs human creation.
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