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Jesus Loved us so much that He Suffered on the Cross

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About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. (Matthew 27:46,50)

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“There should be no mistake in today's plan." "This Judas Iscariot will lead you to Jesus. Follow him and catch Jesus." The religion leaders wanted to kill Jesus so they secretly told the soldiers to catch Jesus.

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The soldiers followed Judas Iscariot and went to Jesus. Judas Iscariot was once a disciple of Jesus. Before, Judas Iscariot served Jesus but he sold Jesus for only 30 pieces of silver.

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The soldiers followed Judas Iscariot and went to the Garden of Gethsemane because Jesus was praying in that place. Jesus already knew what would happen to him but Jesus did not run away. Instead, Jesus prayed to God with all of his heart.

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The soldiers brought swords and weapons as if they were catching a robber. They went to Jesus and they arrested him. Jesus did not do any wrong thing but they wanted to kill Jesus. They brought Jesus to the high priest named Caiaphas.

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The high priest Caiaphas asked to Jesus, "Are you the Son of God and are you the Messiah?" Caiaphas asked these questions because he wanted Jesus to make a mistake.

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Jesus replied, "You are right. And on the last day of this world, you will see me riding on the clouds and coming down to this world."

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Caiaphas then tore his clothes and said, "Everyone, now you have heard it? This person is telling us that he is the Son of God. He is insulting God. What should we do with this person?"

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The people shouted, "He should die."
They spit on the face of Jesus and they hit him.

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Jesus did not lie. Jesus came to this world as the Son of God.

Jesus came to forgive all of our sins and on the last day, Jesus will ride on the clouds and come down to judge the world.

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But the people who were trying to kill Jesus were lying that Jesus was wrong.
The whole night, Jesus suffered like this.

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The next morning, the high priest and the elders made a very scary plan. "Now, we can kill that Jesus." "Yes, let us use the people to bring that Jesus to the governor and tell him that we should kill him."

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They brought Jesus to Pontius Pilate. But Pontius Pilate was not able to find anything wrong with Jesus. "I did not find any sins from this man."

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But the people shouted even louder. "Kill Jesus on the cross." "Kill Jesus on the cross." Pontius Pilate became afraid that the people might get more angry and start a rebellion against him.

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So Pontius Pilate had Jesus whipped. Then he gave Jesus to the people. "Here, here is Jesus so do anything you want." Pontius Pilate gave Jesus to the people to kill Jesus on the cross.

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Crucifixion on a Roman cross is the most cruel and scariest punishment. Jesus carried the cross and went up to the Golgotha Hill. Jesus did not do anything wrong but Jesus got his hands and feet pierced to a cross. Jesus suffered very much. Then, Jesus said, "It is finished." Then, Jesus died.

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The reason why Jesus died on the painful cross is not because Jesus was weak. Jesus could have come down from the cross and Jesus could have called his angels to fight those people who were nailing him on the cross. But Jesus came to this world to forgive our sins so Jesus just endured all that pain. This week, we should thank Jesus for all that he suffered and we should think about his great grace. How about trying to only watch a little bit of TV and only playing the internet a little bit this week so that you can have more time to think about Jesus. I hope all of you, our dear friends of faith, will always remember to think about Jesus dying on the cross for us.

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