Jesus is Helped by Simon the Cyrenian
Mark 15:21 And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
A Passerby? Why is this story told? Many people speak of chance, luck and accidents but the bible speaks of divine appointment, providence and the intentional blessings of God that are intentionally intervened to bring us to repentance! This same word is spoken of at least 3 Disciples Jesus was ‘passing by’ who became His 12 Apostles! Esther was the 1 chosen girl to be Queen, but the Bible says she was chosen (by God) for “Such a time as this! The Samaritan woman in John 4 had an unexpected and strange encounter with Jesus at a well, at midday mind you, but the text says Jesus ‘Had to pass through’ Samaria!
Simon the Cyrene was compelled to carry an instrument of death for someone else to die on, Jesus went willingly to a cross that belongs to US! Your life is not merely a cosmic and random accident, Jesus came at “just the right time”. Strangely the Roman soldiers gambled their eternity away oblivious and callously beneath the Only hope for eternity who they nailed above them! Please for your eternal sake, Do Not stand at these ‘crossroads’ as a mere passerby!
A Passerby? Why is this story told? Many people speak of chance, luck and accidents but the bible speaks of divine appointment, providence and the intentional blessings of God that are intentionally intervened to bring us to repentance! This same word is spoken of at least 3 Disciples Jesus was ‘passing by’ who became His 12 Apostles! Esther was the 1 chosen girl to be Queen, but the Bible says she was chosen (by God) for “Such a time as this! The Samaritan woman in John 4 had an unexpected and strange encounter with Jesus at a well, at midday mind you, but the text says Jesus ‘Had to pass through’ Samaria!
Simon the Cyrene was compelled to carry an instrument of death for someone else to die on, Jesus went willingly to a cross that belongs to US! Your life is not merely a cosmic and random accident, Jesus came at “just the right time”. Strangely the Roman soldiers gambled their eternity away oblivious and callously beneath the Only hope for eternity who they nailed above them! Please for your eternal sake, Do Not stand at these ‘crossroads’ as a mere passerby!