Fri Inspiration

Morning Inspiration with Pastor Merritt

Even though very little detail is actually given concerning the death of Christ, the overwhelming emphasis of the New Testament concerning Jesus Christ is not on His birth, nor His life, but on His death. The Apostle Paul wrote half of the New Testament and yet if you go and read any of the books that he wrote, virtually the entire ministry of Jesus Christ is ignored. He never mentions His teachings. He never mentions His miracles. He never mentions the parables that He told. The emphasis is almost solely and singularly upon His suffering and death and resurrection.

There is a reason for that. The death of Jesus Christ is emphasized, because the death of Jesus Christ, along with His resurrection, was the singular act and event of His entire life. Every other person, other than Jesus Christ, was born for the specific purpose of living. Jesus was born for the specific purpose of dying. He said in Mark 10:45, "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

You see, death did not end the work of Christ. Death was the work of Christ.