In His final hours on the cross, Jesus spoke seven times.
Seven short sentences, gathered from all four Gospels.
They are the last words of a dying man, but they are unlike any last words ever spoken.
In them you find forgiveness, agony, tenderness, triumph, and surrender.
Here's each of the seven, and what each one actually means. 🧵
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
A German soccer fan is brought to tears over how nice he’s been treated in America
He says he was afraid to come to America for the FIFA World Cup because European media portrays America as dangerous. He’s spent weeks in America and can’t believe how it’s the exact opposite
“I fall in love with this country, and this was so emotional. I even cried in the stadium”
“Following the German soccer team from Houston to Boston. Sebastian was afraid of coming over, saying that the news in Europe painted a picture of America being dangerous. But at every stop, from the moment he landed, he says everyone has treated him with kindness and respect and has not felt unsafe.”
“Americans are not rude. Germans are not rude. If we are together, we can achieve great things”
The media is the enemy of the people and it seems to be true everywhere
I looked into data and found the real problem
90%+ of the mainstream media in America is Left leaning
And in Europe, over 80%+ of their mainstream media is Left leaning
That’s the problem right there. Liberals are destroying societies with their control of the media
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Rob Schneider nails it. This is a blatant civil rights violation. Christians are done with the outrageous woke double standard: MLB and other sports leagues aggressively promote Pride ideology at every turn while warning players against simply putting Bible verses on their caps.
Forced compliance isn’t “inclusion”, it’s tyranny. Christians have every right to push back, and we will not be silenced. No more one-way tolerance. 🇺🇸
Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.
In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.
https://t.co/pLMD0krc69
The heart of the gospel is not that God finds something beautiful in us and accepts us for it. The heart of the gospel is that God finds us guilty, defiled, helpless, and exposed, yet clothes His people with the righteousness of His Son.
We do not stand before God wearing our sincerity, our tears, our religious effort, our obedience, or our best intentions. All of that is too stained to cover us before the Holy One. We need a righteousness that is not our own.
“I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness” (Isaiah 61:10).
This is what Christ has done for His people. He took our sin upon Himself, bore our guilt under the wrath of God, and gives us His righteousness as our covering before the Father.
“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
The gospel is not God pretending sinners are clean. It is God cleansing the guilty through the blood of Christ and clothing them in the perfect obedience of Christ. That is why the believer’s confidence is not found in self improvement, but in Christ alone.
“And may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ” (Philippians 3:9).
This is mercy beyond human pride. We brought shame, and He gave covering. We brought guilt, and He gave pardon. We brought nothing but sin, and He gave us Christ.
The sinner is not saved because God ignored his filth. He is saved because Christ bore it, washed it, and covered him with a righteousness that will never fail.
@GuntherEagleman@JeffFlinn_ Isaiah 5:20 ESV
[20] Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
https://t.co/t8pJQlqCoD
Beware of following Christ for anything other than Christ.
Secondary motives always corrupt true discipleship. Some follow for benefit, for comfort, for answers, for reputation, or even for escape. But when those things fade, so does their devotion. “You seek Me… because you ate of the loaves and were filled” (John 6:26).
Jesus does not call us to use Him, but to come to Him. “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). That is not built on gain, but on surrender.
True faith is not anchored in what we receive, but in who He is. “Whom have we in heaven but You? And besides You, we desire nothing on earth” (Psalm 73:25).
So we follow Him, not for what He gives, but because He is worthy.
If we follow Him at all, let it be for His own sake.