A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES 

                                           HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART I

"I, a Roman Centurion in Jerusalem, am here at Golgotha....Today I oversaw the crucifixion of three men.... That is not an unusual situation... I am used to overseeing the crucifixion of criminals.... But today, things were different.... Today I crucified Someone who did not deserve to die.... But He did.... Moreover, as He was hanging on His cross, there was a three-hour period of total darkness in the middle of the day.... That has never happened in my life... At the end of that period that Man cried out... The darkness then lifted... He then died....But as He died an earthquake took place... I and the soldiers with me knew that He was not an ordinary person.... No, He must have been the Son of God,".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the Roman Centurion watching the crucifixion of Jesus recognised Jesus as the Son of God....

 

                ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                        HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART I

The unthinkable has happened; Jesus has been crucified as you can read in Matthew 27. Let's read Matthew 27:45-56

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came all over the land. 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?"When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah." Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, "Now, leave Him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save Him." And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He gave up His spirit. At that moment the curtain of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people. When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and exclaimed, "Surely, He was the Son of God,"

What Jesus had foretold His disciples a number of times has happened: He was crocified. But where were His disciples? It seems they were not around.