{"id":6873,"date":"2015-09-02T00:05:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T07:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=6873"},"modified":"2015-09-01T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T22:36:07","slug":"surrender-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2015\/09\/02\/surrender-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to Him, went out and said to them, \u201cWho is it you\u2019re looking for?\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cJesus the Nazarene,\u201d they answered.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI am He,\u201d Jesus told them.<\/p>\n

\tJudas, who betrayed Him, was also standing with them. When He told them, \u201cI am He,\u201d they stepped back and fell to the ground.<\/p>\n

\tThen He asked them again, \u201cWho is it you\u2019re looking for?\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cJesus the Nazarene,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI told you I am He,\u201d Jesus replied. \u201cSo if you\u2019re looking for Me, let these men go.\u201d This was to fulfill the words He had said: \u201cI have not lost one of those You have given Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThen Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest\u2019s slave, and cut off his right ear. (The slave\u2019s name was Malchus.)<\/p>\n

\tAt that, Jesus said to Peter, \u201cSheathe your sword! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given Me?\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThen the company of soldiers, the commander, and the Jewish temple police arrested Jesus and tied Him up. (John 18:4\u201312)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tJesus was not surprised by his arrest. When those coming to arrest Jesus announced who they were after, Jesus identified himself with the phrase \u201cI am he.\u201d In Greek, it is simply the two words \u201cI am.\u201d Under ordinary circumstances, that would not signify anything. But given the reaction of those who came to arrest Jesus, it meant far more than just an acknowledgment that they had the right man. The phrase \u201cI am\u201d was also the one that God used when Moses asked him his name. According to the early church historian Eusebius, there was a popular legend of the time that the first time Moses spoke God\u2019s name to Pharaoh, Pharaoh fell down speechless. In the Old Testament, falling down was associated with the revelation of God in Daniel 2:46 and 8:18. It also seems to be reflected in the reactions of God\u2019s enemies in Psalm 56:9 and 27:2. Jesus therefore demonstrated, moments before his arrest, that he could not have been arrested at all without his consent. Jesus\u2019 arrest happened because Jesus wanted it to happen. Jesus was willing to \u201cdrink the cup\u201d\u2014that is, to accept the will\u2014of his Father and to die on the cross for our sins.<\/p>\n

\tThe trials and triumphs of our lives come without surprise to God. He knows everything we are facing today, and he knows what we are going to face tomorrow. That\u2019s why we don\u2019t need to ever worry about anything.<\/p>\n

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Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to Him, went out and said to them, \u201cWho is it you\u2019re looking for?\u201d \u201cJesus the Nazarene,\u201d they answered. \u201cI am He,\u201d Jesus told them. Judas, who betrayed Him, was also standing … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6875,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions\/6875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}