![]() ![]() It is not as though He simply appeared to suffer He actually suffered and died. ![]() It is important to note that Christ’s suffering-His passion-was real. It is through the passion of Christ that we are made right with God. Indeed, the crucifixion of Christ is the apex of human history and the grand theme of the apostles’ teaching: “I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2). Scripture often highlights the suffering of Christ. Likewise, “passion plays”-re-enactments of the last few hours of Jesus’ life in which He suffered-are popular around Easter. Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ covers these events. The next day, the Manobo adults shared their responses to the Gospel and of Jesus' resurrection.The word passion is from the Latin pati, which simply means “to endure” or “to suffer.” The term passion of Christ has taken on a technical or semi-technical meaning in theology, referring to the time from Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane to His death on the cross-the time of His greatest suffering. "It was a great joy for us to see them understand the saving grace of Jesus for salvation some cried as they shared their testimony of faith." "Finally, after consistently teaching over the past eight months from Genesis onward, we were able to present the gospel, and nearly the whole village responded and trusted Jesus as their Lord and Savior," the director stated. The sacrifice of Jesus touched the tribe, who expressed both understanding and faith that night. To make the teaching of the gospel that night more vivid, the teacher inserted a brief video clip of the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus from the movie, 'The Passion of Christ.'"įollowing the clip, the director said an old man "emotionally said, 'How I wish I could be by Jesus' side and help Him!' But after the truth had been explained concerning the death and resurrection of Christ as God's only provision for man's salvation, a feeling of awe and amazement was felt." Everyone was in anticipation as to what would happen to Jesus after He was arrested by the Jewish leaders. ![]() The director explained, "The week before presenting the gospel lesson was a week of suspense. ![]()
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