Christian Sink

  St .Augustine in his work Confessions spoke poetically about the constant prayer of his mother for his salvation .  In one part he expressed how ...." in her ceaseless prayers she laid them them before you as though they were pledges signed by your hand."for, since your mercy endures forever* by your promises you deign to become a debtor to those whom you release from every debt. " *(Psalm 118 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.)    His mother brought God's promises from scripture to him in her prayers. Reading this I suddenly understood what St .Augustine was saying , a truth that we sometimes overlook in our reading of Scripture and in our own prayers. God with each covenant the has made whether the one with Adam and Eve, through Abraham, to the promises made to the children of Abraham ,through Moses on Sinai - Deuteronomy and in Jesus Christ each one made God the creator, the Alpha and Omega a debtor to his creation !!  Ho...

     Good friday The day Jesus Christ was beaten and lead to the cross. He voluntarily went to the cross.  He said in John 10:18 “No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.” KJV Why ?, Because as John the Baptist said in John 1:29 "The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! He went to be the sacrificial Lamb a blood offering for the sins of humanity.       He spoke 7 saying: 1. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Luke 23:34 2. Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. Luke 23:43 to the thief. 3. Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your mother John 19:26-27 to Mary his mother. 4. My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:46 & Mark 15:34 5. I thirst. John 19:28 6. It is finished. (From the Greek "Tetelest...