26 January 2016 at 7:30 am
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kin
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Having come to carry out the will of the Father, Jesus remained faith to it right to the end.
He thus carried out his mission of Salvation for all those who believe in him and love him, not in word, but in deed.
Love is the condition for following him, but it is sacrifice that is proof of that love.
“If anyone wished to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (luke9:23)
When the soldier came to arrest Jesus, Peter want Jesus to save himself.
Matthew 16:23
23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance[a] to me.
For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”