Simon of Cyrene and the Cross Christ Bore
Simon Of Cyrene and The Cross Christ Bore by VICTOR PAUL WIERWILLE I want to acknowledge my indebtedness to my good friend Jack Hunt for bringing to my attention the accuracy of The Word regarding the subject of the cross Christ bore. May his inspiration and mine be yours to enjoy. You are acquainted with the generally accepted teaching of how Jesus appeared before Pilate, who scourged Him . After that the soldiers put the heavy cross on Him to carry it to Calvary. Then, as they approached Calvary, Jesus broke down under the burden of the cross. So the soldiers grabbed Simon of Cyrene out of the crowd and they said, "You must carry the cross." So Simon carried the cross the rest of the way to Calvary, where they crucified Jesus. This makes a beautiful word picture, beautiful colored pictures in the churches, beautiful story, beautiful this and beautiful that, but it is not true. Let's find the truth. If I were in The Way Teaching Center and I said that I was going to my residence and if I said to you, in telling this story that I met my brother Harry as I came out of the Bible Center, where would you say that I met Harry? What do you understand that I meant when I say that as I came out of the Bible Center I met Harry? To discover the accuracy of The Word regarding the cross Christ bore, let us consider each record in the gospels separately, beginning of course with the gospel of Matthew. "Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked him, saying Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him and his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him." Matthew 27:27ff. Where were they? Th
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the two sons of Simon were well known to those to whom Mark was writing The compelling of Simon to bear the cross issued in his salvation and issued in the salvation of his house. Let me ask you this question and then be honest with yourself — Are you the kind of parent that your children can be proud of? Will they, 25 years from now, remember you because of the heritage you extended to them? Are you setting a good example for your children? Are you leading your children to Christ or away from Him? Listen, the Bible says, "so then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Some day you and I as parents must give an account of our lives. Did we live so that our children were influenced for good? Did we instruct them in what we would like to have them do and then we continued to live any old way? Look at your child this moment, are you a real parent to him? Are you a Christian?