They saw Jesus die. They saw Him take His last breath...But Sunday was coming

This past Easter weekend was great! One awesome service led to a great afternoon with my family and now i'm off to write some papers. But just thought i would say a couple things before i went and started to slowly kill my brain.

Jesus was beaten, crucified, killed, and rose again. We can all agree on this.. if not hit me up on my cell or something and we'll get that straight. Anyways, Jesus gave up His life for us. Again, we can all agree on this. But have you ever thought about Him giving up His life?

Surrender: To give oneself up, abandon, or relinquish

Sacrifice: an offering

God put these two words into my head and showed me the difference between them. You see, some people like to say "yea, Jesus surrendered and died to save us."... YOU'RE WRONG. To surrender is to quit, to give up. My Jesus DID NOT give up.

You might be saying "then what the heck did he do?"

My Jesus sacrificed himself for the rest of the world that had come, that was on Earth, and for the future generations on this planet... NOT because he wasn't good enough or because he quit living... He willingly gave up his life. i know, i know... What's the difference?

We all agree that Jesus is God incarnate right? If so, this means that He is fully God and fully human. He DID NOT have to come down to this earth for you and me. He DID NOT have to live a human life and be tempted like we were. He DID NOT have to be betrayed, beaten, spit upon, and crucified. He DID NOT have to die, go to hell, and then come back to life to prove He was God's son.

You see, the difference between the two is that sacrifice requires that you willingly do something. Jesus willingly carried the cross, got nailed to it, and died. FOR US. He willingly died to show that He went to hell, punched satan in the face as He left to show him wassup, and He rose from the dead... to prove the He is God. He is the King of Kings. and He did not quit.