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Excruciatingly Poignant and Powerful!, September 9, 2000
Crosses are everywhere: Jewelry, Tattoos, Bumperstickers, church ornamentation, artwork, etc. Almost so commonplace as to be trivialized. This welcome book reminds us just what the Cross was all about: the awesome price the Lord of Glory paid on our behalf to satisfy the justice of God. It wasn't nails that held Jesus on the Cross, but His great love for us and obedience to the Father. But the nails, the wounds, the bloodletting, the scourging, the tortuous thirst, the splinters, the agonizing rejection, the humiliation, the full attacks of Satan, the suffocation, the forsakenness - all were part of a very human, very evil conspiracy, kangaroo court, mock trial and miscarried justice: Murder in the Supreme Degree! Yet what evil made into Wicked Friday, God turned Good: Sunday was coming! "I will rise again". This book is a solemn reminder of just how serious it is to neglect, downplay, overlook,fail to appreciate, take for granted Christ's work of redemption. A rereading of Hebrews would wonderfully supplement this work, as well as Lee Strobel's Case For Christ, where forensic medical interviews are conducted to detail the horrors of Roman crucifixion. You will never be the same after reading this book - prayerfully, reflectively, humbly, gratefully.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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Finally, the REAL murderer of Christ is exposed -God Himself, March 27, 2000
Many Christians blame the Jews for killing Christ, but what few really know is that Christ was slain by God. This book corrects wrong theories of the Crucifixtion and examines the passion that Christ had for us. Through His shedding His blood for us and laying Himself down as a living sacrifice, paying for our sins and reconciling us back to God, His love is exposed. John F. MacArthur catches this love suberbly by studying Jesus' words on the cross! Even in His most humble moments, He pitied man and pleaded with the Father on our behalf. In fact, it takes the anger that many wrongly have towards the Jews away by revealing that Christ wasn't killed by them! He had a mission when He came, and the Jews and Romans were merely vessels used by God to fulfill this mission. This book has the definite ability to move any reader to tears, stirring great emotion and reality in a believer. When one fully grasps what Christ went through to atone us, he or she will truly be a different person. John F. MacArthur takes all of these sensitive subjects and brings them out in such a way that brings the reader closer and closer to Christ. The intimacy with the Lord that you'll feel while reading this book is unparallel. If you are a believer that is completely unfeeling when thinking about Christ's work on the cross, this is the book for you. Or even if you do have feeling and are close to God, this is THE book that will further improve your relationship with Jesus.
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Almost as riveting as Scripture!, July 26, 2000
I read MacArthur's book in hopes of gaining a better understanding of the physical torture that crucifixion brings. I finished the book with a deeper and keener awareness of what Jesus Christ endured for me and EVERY other mortal human being who has lived, is living and will live on this earth. When reading Scripture, I've found that unless you know the contextual background, you won't realize the Word's full impact. Study aids help to understand cultural, grammatical and traditional customs of biblical times. MacArthur provides that and much, much more. In reference to the Passion Week, he smoothly blends top-notch research with the holy narrative to illuminate the goings-on in Jerusalem, detailing the mechanisms of Jewish law, Roman law and how the two should work together. He unveils the Jews' blatant disregard of the government in conspiring to kill the Son of God and the reckless, desperate abandon and hypocrisy they used to do so. MacArthur makes you feel like an eyewitness to the events, offering emotional insights that will pull on your heart, water your eyes and drop a lump into your throat. The disappointment in the apostles, the Lord's physical fatigue and the bloodthirst of the Jewish leaders smacks you in the face! You can't help but notice a difference when you read the crucifixion accounts after reading this book. Besides reintroducing you to your need for God's salvation through Christ, MacArthur gives you a moment-by-moment description of every slap, whip, spit, thorn, nail and spear that should have been borne by ALL of us. He spurs you to meditate why Jesus, being perfect, holy and righteous in all things, volunteered to receive the treatment, punishment and fate of common criminals and miscreants. MacArthur allows you to feel the humiliation, disgust and agony in your spirit. Therefore, he helps you to appreciate even greater how much God loves us. This book will revolutionize your spiritual thinking and humble you at His feet with awe, submission and gratitude.
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