{"id":20559,"date":"2014-09-04T04:51:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T04:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/wp3\/?p=20559"},"modified":"2017-06-17T04:15:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T04:15:42","slug":"take-the-plunge-into-the-cleansing-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/wp3\/believe\/take-the-plunge-into-the-cleansing-flood","title":{"rendered":"Took the Plunge (He’s The One)… Sweet Victory in Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
by Steven Gledhill <\/em><\/span>for FREEdom from MEdom Project<\/span><\/h5>\n

If you are looking for Jesus on the cross, you\u2019ll not find Him there. He’s not in the grave, either. Your sin has been removed from your past, present, and future. The stone that has kept you in bondage has been rolled away. You have been raised up with Jesus through relationship with him. Leave the stench of the grave clothes of your past behind, and step out into the sweet aroma that is freedom into new life. He is right there with you; at the door of your soul. He has extended grace to you. Get up and walk into your new life experience. Soak yourself in it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever considered what Jesus actually experienced in his body, mind, and spirit between the night of the last supper in the upper room with his friends and the morning of his resurrection?<\/p>\n

\"lighthouse\"<\/em><\/span>Can you even begin to imagine what Jesus experienced emotionally and spiritually between those events at the end of his life as a human being? There is the moment of his betrayal. There is the moment when he prayed and sweat blood. There is that awkward moment when he caught the eye of Peter after he\u2019d denied knowing Jesus for the third time. There was the flogging and blatant ridicule. There is the unfathomable torturous walk between Pilate\u2019s court and Galgatha. There are his words while fixed to the cross. And there is the plea when he cries out to his Father. Of course just after he arose, there is the fond moment of his encounter with Mary, with whom he shared a bond. What Jesus must have been feeling in such experiences I cannot hardly begin to imagine.\u00a0What was\u00a0Jesus about to experience for those three days condemned in the heart of the earth?<\/p>\n

There is yet another incredible significant and dramatic event rarely spoken of from John chapter 18 that deserves special attention. It falls in between Jesus praying in the garden and his arrest. It is awesome and yet perplexing to his friends at the scene.<\/p>\n

What did it mean for Jesus?\u00a0 What significance does it bear for you and for me?<\/p>\n

John 18<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees.<\/span>\u00a02<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples.<\/span>\u00a03<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them.\u00a0\u201cWho are you looking for?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

5<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cJesus the Nazarene,\u201d\u00a0they replied.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI AM<\/span>\u00a0he,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.)<\/span>\u00a06<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>As Jesus said\u00a0\u201cI AM<\/span>\u00a0he,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0they all drew back and fell to the ground!\u00a0John 18:1-6 (NLT)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Might it have looked a little like the following illustration?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n