Newsletter from our Sister Church

FULL GOSPEL MISSION
887 W. Spruce Ave. Ravenna, OH  44266
Rev. Barbara A. Davis, Pastor

 

April 1, 2012---Pastor Pen : What Jesus Did For Us JOHN 3 : 3 Jesus said I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless in is born again We ought to read this more often to let us know what Jesus did for us. Don't let us forget. Just warning you ahead of time...this is very emotional.        At the age of 33,  Jesus was condemned to the death penalty. At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst criminals condemned to be crucified. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus, for unlike other criminals condemned to death by crucifixion, Jesus was nailed to the cross by His hands and feet, rather than tied...  Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.   The nails were driven into His wrist.  Not into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The Roman guards knew that when the nails were being hammered into the wrist, that tendon would tear and break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support himself, so that He could breathe.  
     Both of His feet  were nailed together. Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single nail that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could not support himself with His legs for long because of the pain, so He was forced to alternate between arching His Back and using his legs just to continue to breath. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage.  Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours.  Yes, over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of suffering? A few minutes before He died,  Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water from his wounds. From common images we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His side...   But do we remember the many wounds made to his body. A hammer driving large nails through the wrists, the feet overlapped and a nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear. And... Before the nails and the spear, Jesus was whipped and beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. The beating so horrific that His face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The
Crown of thorns (two to three inch thorns) cut deeply into His scalp. Most men would not have survived this torture.  He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds. The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters (just less than a gallon) of blood.  Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered into His appendages,  a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His chest..  All these without mentioning the humiliation He passed after carrying His own Cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones (the cross beam was almost 30 kg of weight, to which His hands were nailed).   Jesus had to endure this experience, So that you may have free access to God. So that your sins can be "washed" away. All of them, with no exception!   JESUS  CHRIST DIED...FOR YOU! Accept the reality, the truth, that  JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD.

 

Prayer List:  Ruthie sister Mrs. Little---Health & The Twins   Karen-health
Rev. Ron & Joyce Beaver --Health   Center of Hope    Annie--Safety/home
Dale & Sheila jobs/home     Sue Duncan--Mom--health       RC & Esther
Sister Bishop & Sylvia Smith--recovery   Easter Revival   Hazen Ministries
FGCC/Radio Ministry     Zac & Shawn & all Military     Calvary Crusade
Bro. Lane Rodgers--health/family loss       Dennis--continued Recovery
Camp Meeting     Andi--unborn child    SOULS       UNITY        WORKERS

 

THANK YOU----Steven, David, Cody, Becca for your work on the church    Susan, Pauline, Juanita, Boss Betty for setting up the hall for Breakfast.  To all who worked at the Breakfast or donated A special thank you ---Susan, Pauline, Juanita, Cara, Bill, Barbie.  Rev. B. Davis.  Sylvia Hahn, Clean up Missy Delivery, & Cody Babysitting--Larry toilet install, Vic-ceiling work

 

JOKE: A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones' chests, she would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own heart. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got the response equal to four year old David's comment. She gently tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. "Listen", she said. "What do you suppose that is?" He drew his eye brows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap - tap - tapping deep in his chest. Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he asked, "Is that Jesus knocking?"

 

REVIVAL APRIL 6, 7, 8
EASTER PLAY ON APRIL 8   6 P.M.
F.G.C.C FELLOWSHIP APRIL 14