John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus tried to tell the disciples what he could before giving His life up on the cross, but He could not give away everything otherwise they could have stopped this all!

Jesus made sure that His death was still going to happen and that He could be sacrificed for us. He knew the consequences but He knew the consequences if He failed…

Christ loves us so very much and we need to remember that. This day when we remember His death on the cross, remember what He was doing – and He knew what He was doing!

John 13:1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

Jesus always made sure that He carried things out to completion and did not leave things half finished.

How many times do we try to start something only to give up because we find it too difficult or because we find we cannot do it, or even because we just don’t want to?

Jesus made sure He did not promise what He could not do. He made sure He did carry out promises. He made sure of this all because of His love for us.

He loves us and continues to love us even now.

Isaiah 50:6 I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.

Jesus willingly gave Himself up to face some terrible hours at the end of His life as a human man.

He allowed people to accuse Him and sentence Him to death on the cross. He allowed people to whip Him on the back. He allowed people to pluck out His beard. And He allowed people to mock and shame Him.

He did not do this because He is weak but because He is very strong and His love for us goes so much further than these punishments!