You got my Place: Yes, Jesus took your Place on the Cross
We have to choose who will pay for sins by accepting punishment ourselves or trusting Him who has accepted it in our place. Bryan Stowe was beaten lifeless on the opening
day of the Dodgers game with the Giants. His crime was that he had a Giants shirt on.
In 2011, 2 thugs beat him for being a fan of the opposing team. He had a friend who shielded his body when Bryan dropped lifeless and took all the kicks that may have finished Bryan off.
He talked with Bill Carroll on the KFI this week and talked about his guilt
because he didn’t do more. Jesus did much more. Sin kills and has to be paid for.
He died in your place for your sins. So, you could be saved from such punishment.
One day, a man went to visit a church. He arrived early, parked his car, and got out.
Another car pulled up near him, and the driver told him, “I always park there. You took
my place!” The visitor went inside for Sunday School, found an empty seat, and sat down.
A young lady from the church approached him and stated, “That’s my seat! You took my place!”
The visitor was somewhat distressed by this rude welcome but said nothing.
After Sunday School, the visitor entered the church sanctuary and sat down.
Another member approached him and said, “That’s where I always sit; you took my place!” The visitor was even more troubled by this treatment but still said nothing. Later, as the congregation prayed for Christ to dwell among them, the visitor stood, and His appearance changed. Horrible scars became visible on His hands and on His sandaled feet. Someone from the congregation noticed Him and called out, “What happened to you?”
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The visitor replied, “I took your place.”
If we follow the sheep, we do it because He is Saviour. He stands in the place of the sheep against all wild animals or a band of robbers. He places His own life and sacrifices it for us so we will not be destroyed. That was the sacrifice of Christ. That is the kind of sacrifice Jesus made so we could have salvation through His redeeming work. DN
Democrats have been scheming to arrest Donald Trump since 2015.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finally pulled the trigger on arresting Trump for the Democrats. But Alvin Bragg can’t undo the errors he’s already made before the trial against Trump has even started. Bragg violated Trump’s Sixth Amendment rights by arresting him without stating the underlying crime he violated.
The Sixth Amendment clearly states that the accused has a right “to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.” But Bragg is flat-out ignoring this requirement. When asked what the underlying crimes were that elevated the charges to felonies, Bragg told reporters that “indictment doesn’t specify it because the law does not so require.”
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A Law Professor at Fordham and Boston University, made up the perfect phrase to explain why Bragg’s case should fail on Sixth amendment grounds. Shugerman explained to the New York Times that Bragg’s case is a total embarrassment for America’s legal system because it consists of “half indictments.” Shugerman told the Times that the “34-count indictment — which more accurately could be described as 34 half-indictments — was a disaster. It was a setback for the rule of law and established a dangerous precedent for prosecutors.”
“The case appears so weak on its legal and jurisdictional basis that a state judge might dismiss the case and mitigate that damage,” he added. “More likely, the case is headed
to federal court for a year, where it could lose on the grounds of federal preemption —
only federal courts have jurisdiction over campaign finance and filing requirements.”
Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz and several other well-known attorneys have made similar arguments and also called the entire debacle a sham.
Bragg’s case against Trump may be a total sham.
But Trump’s defense team will still have to overcome a few hurdles along the way.
For one, the trial will take place in left-wing Manhattan, meaning any jury will certainly
be stacked with Trump haters. Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the case,
is also widely known to hate Donald Trump and Republicans. Merchan knows it would
be the end of his career if he goes down as the judge who let Trump off the hook.
But it will be a year or longer before this case comes anywhere near to an end.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg thought going after Donald Trump would put rocket boosters on his career. Instead, his criminal case against the former President continues to crumble.
Now the political stunt Bragg thought was his biggest career triumph has morphed into his worst nightmare, as the Soros-backed DA got blindsided by an ethics violation over Judge Juan Merchan’s involvement.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg found himself in a position to become the darling of the Democrat Party with news he planned to have Donald Trump arrested.
But that is backfiring.
Democrats had hoped to take down Donald Trump by waging “lawfare” against him in areas of the country with leftist judges and juries. But that strategy is falling apart as the conduct of Judge Juan Merchan comes under scrutiny for his political contributions to
Joe Biden’s campaign and other leftist groups in 2020.
According to allegations, Merchan violated New York State’s Code of Judicial Conduct with three different political donations he made during that election year. “According to the FEC records, Merchan donated $15.00 to Biden for President — the campaign of Trump’s opponent, on July 26, 2020, via ActBlue,” Breitbart reported.
“On July 27, 2020, he donated $10.00 to Progressive Turnout Project, an organization dedicated to turning out Democrat voters, and $10.00 to Stop Republicans, a part of Progressive Turnout Project ‘dedicated to resisting the Republican Party and Donald Trump’s radical right-wing legacy,’ also via ActBlue,” the outlet noted.
The New York Code of Judicial Conduct is clear on this matter.
Section 100.5 states:
Neither a sitting judge nor a candidate for public election to judicial office shall directly or indirectly engage in any political activity except (i) as otherwise authorized by this section or by law, (ii) to vote and to identify himself or herself as a member of a political party, and (iii) on behalf of measures to improve the law, the legal system or the administration of justice. New York University’s Stephen Gillers, a legal ethics expert and law professor, says Merchan’s donations were forbidden under the Judicial Code of Conduct.
“The contribution to Biden and possibly the one to ‘Stop Republicans’ would be forbidden unless there is some other explanation that would allow them,” Gillers explained during a CNN interview. Gillers informed Breitbart the repercussions for Merchan could include losing his position as a judge entirely. “Violations can lead to a warning, private discipline, public discipline, and serious sanctions like removal. Serious discipline (e.g. removal) is decided by the N.Y. Court of Appeals,” Gillers noted.
Donald Trump and Merchan are well acquainted.
The judge has presided over three prior lawsuits involving the former President and has taken flak for allegations of bias as he consistently rules against Trump. Those concerns are only bolstered by the fact that his daughter worked for Kamala Harris’ Presidential campaign. Donald Trump had complained about Merchan’s approach in the past saying that it’s impossible for him to get a fair trial in Manhattan.
The reasonable assumption that the deck is stacked against Trump inside the Manhattan courtroom is only fueling public skepticism of what also looks like nothing more than a political stunt on the part of Democrats. Political Animal News will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
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Jesus Christ was a perfect and sinless person but yet.
How could a perfect and sinless person face persecution?
He faced and endured persecution from the very world He had come to save.
Why was Jesus hated by the world and why was He eventually crucified?
Persecution is defined as the act of excluding, harassing and punishing,
oppressing or killing of people because of their difference from society.
Therefore, below are 4 reasons why Jesus was persecuted:
1. Jesus Exposed False Teachers & A Counterfeit Religious System
The Pharisees were the people with the religious influence and power. They were also spiritually abusive and they twisted scripture in order to control and influence their followers for their own personal gain. However the teachings of Christ exposed the false religious system which had been created by the Scribes & Pharisees.
Jesus openly rebuked and opposed the Pharisees. Christ Himself did not mince His words when speaking to the Pharisees and other false teachers. He called them “brood of vipers” and hypocrites and openly exposed their counterfeit faith (Matthew 23:1-36).
So in the eyes of the Jewish religious leaders, Jesus Christ was a threat to their religious system and to the power and influence which they had gained over the people for many years. The Scribes & Pharisees also hated Christ because they noticed that they were losing their man-made spiritual influence among the people because of the teachings and presence of Christ on earth.
John 11:45-49 says: Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what He did, believed in Him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
Therefore by spying, harassing and mocking Christ during His ministry, the Pharisees sought to preserve their authority and religious influence because they feared that Christ’s teachings were exposing their counterfeit religious practices. They sought to discredit Christ and eventually kill Him because Jesus threatened to expose their hypocrisy.
2. Jesus Would Heal on the Sabbath
One of the reasons why Jesus healed on the Sabbath was in order to expose the legalism and the false religious system created by the Pharisees. Jesus also healed on the Sabbath so that He could expose their false interpretation of the law regarding the Sabbath. The Pharisees were so blinded by their own legalism that they failed to understand the true purpose of the Sabbath day. Therefore by performing an act of compassion, such as healing a person on the Sabbath, Jesus would inevitably face confrontation and persecution every time He healed on a Sabbath day.
John 5:16 says: And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
In John 7:23 Jesus says: If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with Me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well?
3. Jesus Exposed Sin in the World & Promoted Godly Values
While on earth, Jesus was the embodiment of light and truth (John 8:12; John 14:6).
He was the light of the world amongst people who loved darkness. The Person and work of Christ exposed the sin of the world and the depravity of man. Therefore everything Christ said and did was a representation of godliness and truth in a world that loved sin, hypocrisy and deception.
John 3:19-20 says: And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
Furthermore, when the sin of the world is exposed through speaking truth, the world tends to retaliate with persecution.
In John 7:7 Jesus states: “The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it that its works are evil.”
In John 15:18-20 Jesus says: “If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’
If they persecute Me, they will also persecute you. If they keep My word, they will
also keep yours.”
4. Jesus Said He Was Equal to God
Jesus was persecuted because He identified Himself as being the Son of God.
John 5:18 says: This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. Therefore besides accusing Christ of breaking the Sabbath, the Jews did not believe that Jesus was God. They falsely believed that Jesus was a heretic. They did not believe that He was the prophesied Messiah.
Conclusion
Ultimately Jesus faced persecution in the form of crucifixion on a cross.
Though innocent, blameless and sinless – Jesus became the perfect sacrifice
that the world needed for the redemption of mankind to be made possible.
Isaiah 53:5 says: But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His stripes we are healed.
1 Peter 3:18 says: For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, Jesus took the punishment we deserve on the cross, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
As mankind we cannot pay God for our own sins and so Jesus came to pay the debt for
sin that we could not pay by becoming the sacrificial Lamb who takes away the sins of the world. Jesus suffered on the cross and resurrected on the third day so that if we believe and receive Him through faith as Lord and Saviour, then we would experience eternal life.
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