{"id":16261,"date":"2017-10-15T07:24:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T11:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=16261"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:30:32","slug":"the-crown-of-thorns-its-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/the-crown-of-thorns-its-significance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crown of Thorns – It’s Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The end of the earth curse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the most overlooked aspects of the unrighteous treatment that Jesus bore for us is the crown of thrones.\u00a0 Why was a crown made of thorns put on Jesus\u2019 head and why was it mentioned?\u00a0 Was it a fluke or by chance?\u00a0 Even more importantly, why is the crown of thorns overlooked in the preaching of the gospel?<\/p>\n

\u201cThy dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and put it on Him.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>(Mark 15:17 HCSB)<\/p>\n

After Adam and Eve\u2019s rebellion toward God\u2019s Word, God cursed the ground through which Adam received his sustenance.\u00a0 God said to Adam, \u201cThe ground is cursed because of you.\u00a0 You will eat from it by means of painful labor.\u00a0 It will produce THORNS and thistles for you, and you will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it\u2026.<\/em>\u00a0 (Genesis 3:17-19 HCSB)<\/p>\n

From this point on, mankind was to survive by painful toil and sweat.\u00a0 The thorns and thistles represented the curse and was a reminder of Adam\u2019s act of disobedience and rebellion.\u00a0 Today every human being has to \u201cmake\u201d a living the hard and painful way.\u00a0 It\u2019s a pain for most people to get up and go to work for someone else just to eke out an existence.\u00a0 For the majority, more than 1\/3 of our day is spent making enough money just to survive.\u00a0 We welcome weekends and vacations just to get a break from this curse.<\/p>\n

Most people dislike and even hate having to get up each day and go to work.\u00a0 People are working jobs that fill them with stress, anxiety, and discontentment.\u00a0 They moan and groan for raises and bonuses just to relieve the pressure of the curse imposed on them by Adam, so long ago.\u00a0 In an attempt to get relief, some play the lottery, hoping for a win to save them from the pain of labor.\u00a0 A few even resort to lawsuits and a life of crime to get relieve\u2026only to find none!<\/p>\n

However, there is good news!\u00a0 Over 2,000 years ago one man bore a crown of thorns and took those thorns all the way to the cross where the earth curse was forever banished and replaced with a blessing.\u00a0 Christ redeemed us from the curse<\/em> (Galatians 3:13).<\/p>\n

Proverbs 10:22 says, \u201cThe blessing of the Lord enriches, and struggle adds nothing to it.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Something amazing happened on the cross.\u00a0 The earth-curse was judged and it died with Jesus there.\u00a0 A way of escape from a life of painful toil and labor was made available.\u00a0 Jesus freed us from the earth curse and blessed us with freedom, abundant life, forgiveness and so much more.\u00a0 This is good news!<\/p>\n

Part of the gospel message is \u201cgood news to the poor\u201d<\/em> (Luke 4:18).\u00a0 Let me ask you, what is good news to the poor?\u00a0 Good news to the poor is promised abundance.\u00a0 Good news to the poor is riches without painful toil, hard labor and sweat just to survive.\u00a0 The gospel promises abundant life<\/em> (John 10:10) and being made rich through Jesus\u2019 poverty<\/em> (2Corinthians 8:9).\u00a0 Good news to the poor is being relieved from caring for our own existence and letting God be our Source of wealth creation<\/em> (Deuteronomy 8:18).<\/p>\n

Jesus said, in the gospels, that we no longer have to worry about provision.\u00a0 He compared us to birds who do not toil or labor.\u00a0 They don\u2019t even have to sow\u2014they just gather (Matthew 6:25-24).\u00a0 In John 4:38 Jesus told His disciples that He sends them to reap what they didn\u2019t labor for.\u00a0 This is the reality of living under the blessing.\u00a0 Under the blessing we become gatherers reaping where others have sown.\u00a0 This illustrates a life void of painful toil and labor.<\/p>\n

I am in sales and I cannot begin to tell you how many times this \u201cgathering life\u201d has been my reality.\u00a0 There have been countless times when I would get phone calls out of the blue asking to do business with me.\u00a0 I receive business referrals all the time<\/em>.\u00a0 These are opportunities that I did not have to labor and sweat to obtain.\u00a0 I have enjoyed a life of \u201caccidental\u201d gathering for years, but it was not until recently that the Lord told me that I must develop a \u201cgathering\u201d mentality.\u00a0 I now declare that \u201cI am a gatherer.\u201d\u00a0 I am a thankful recipient of God\u2019s blessing through Jesus.<\/p>\n

When God promised Israel the Good Land, it was something that they just had to take.\u00a0 God told His people that He would deliver the land into their hands.\u00a0 They just had to receive it<\/em>.\u00a0 He promised them cities, houses, and vineyards that they did not have to labor to build (Deuteronomy 6:10; Joshua 24:13).\u00a0 The Good Land is a perfect illustration of how we are to operate under the blessing today.\u00a0 God will fight for you.\u00a0 He will lead you to the \u201cland of plenty.\u201d\u00a0 All you have to do is believe and obey His Word.<\/p>\n

Under the blessing comes promotions, raises, bonuses, business ideas, business strategies and concepts along with witty inventions.\u00a0 God will show you HOW to live the blessed life without the struggle, toil, labor and sweat.\u00a0 Does this mean we don\u2019t have to work?\u00a0 No!\u00a0 Instead of painful toil we just have to learn God\u2019s kingdom laws and operate in them.\u00a0 We learn to become professional gatherers (the best kind of work).\u00a0 Jesus said, don\u2019t worry about your life (Matthew 6:25).\u00a0 God will provide the way to those who seek FIRST His kingdom and righteousness (doing the right thing based on kingdom law).<\/p>\n

One of the many laws of the kingdom of God is the Law of Sowing and Reaping.\u00a0 We will ALWAYS reap what we sow. Everything is a seed.\u00a0 Our words are seeds.\u00a0 Our deeds are seeds.\u00a0 Our money is seed.\u00a0 What we say, do, and how we use our money will reap a harvest accordingly.\u00a0 The hard work is not the sowing or reaping.\u00a0 Hard work is trying to \u201cmaking it happen\u201d on our own.\u00a0 Based on the Law of Sowing and Reaping God does all the hard work leaving us with the task of just sowing and reaping.\u00a0 When the crops become ripe, just go gather them.\u00a0 Now that\u2019s a blessed life!<\/p>\n

According to 2 Corinthians 9 God is the One who even provides the seed for the sower!\u00a0 He provides the seed, you just plant it and gather it in due season.\u00a0 God does all the rest.\u00a0 You no longer have to be the one \u201cmaking it happen\u201d to make ends meet by working harder and longer.\u00a0 You no longer, based on kingdom law, have to go out and get 2 or 3 jobs just to survive.\u00a0 Follow God\u2019s plan and you will thrive!<\/p>\n

The crown of thorns, part of the curse that Jesus bore, has now become a blessing for us.\u00a0 The crown of thorns made it possible to live a life void of painful toil and labor.\u00a0 Jesus bore that burden once and for all so that you would not have to any longer.\u00a0 In Matthew 11:28 Jesus invited those who labor and are burdened to come to Him to get rest.\u00a0 He invited all of us to take on His yoke and learn from Him for His yoke is EASY and His burden LIGHT.\u00a0 Our struggling days are over!\u00a0 We must be willing to come to Him and receive the blessing He provided by wearing the crown of thorns on the cross.<\/p>\n

If you have not received Jesus as your Savior, the one who died in your place, I encourage you to do so right now.\u00a0 He paid ALL your debt, you just have to received what He did.\u00a0 Say, \u201cDear God, I receive the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ.\u00a0 I believe He died that I might live and that He now ever lives to make intercession for me.\u00a0 Thank you, Father, for making me your child.\u00a0 Amen!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

If you prayed this prayer, you are now a citizen of God\u2019s kingdom with the full rights and benefits of being His son or daughter.\u00a0 The life of painful toil and labor is over for you!\u00a0 You just have to enter into that reality by growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Get a Bible and begin reading it out loud.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter if you understand it, that will come as the Spirit shows you what His Word means.\u00a0 Get involved with a good Bible believing, Spirit-filled local church.\u00a0 Your new life has just begun!\u00a0 Congratulations!<\/p>\n

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