‘ “Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do your will, O God.” '

And recognising that it was written in the Scriptures that God required the offering up of His own body, of His own self, given willingly in full obedience, He set His face like a flint to go to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51), where in Gethsemane at the final hour He bowed His head and said, ‘Your will be done' (Mark 14:36 and parallels). For He knew that that was why He had come. He was here to do God's will, as it was written in the Scriptures. He was here to be the suffering Servant of Isaiah 53, the suffering Son of Man of Daniel 7:25 with 13, the suffering Son of David of Psalms 22.

‘To do your will, O God.' Compare John 4:34; John 8:29. And God's will is our salvation and sanctification (see John 5:30; John 6:38; Ephesians 1:5; Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Timothy 2:4).

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising