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Did Jesus "Back Away" from Jerusalem before entering on a donkey? Did he not want to go into Jerusalem? I heard a preacher say this and I've never heard that before? My belief is that Jesus is GOD and knows all things. Why would he back away. He knew is purpose on earth.
In Luke 9:51, it says "And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,"
Jesus steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem! The word steadfastly means a fixed established position. When it was time to go and die, He was fixed to go to Jerusalem. You couldn't get Him off track.
This is probably where Paul got his ministry. In Philippians, when he strives for the high calling in Christ Jesus, he has got one thing in mind, one direction in where he heads, and that is the mission for which Christ has sent him for.
Even if a Christian doesn't know what special ministry, or kind of ministry, or even what area God will have you work in, you only have one thing to be fixed on, and that is to grow in the grace and knowledge of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Period! Nothing else! It is an established fixed position.
In Daniel 1:8, we have the same phrases used for Daniel's decision, that he had fixed and established in his heart that he would not defile himself by eating the food of the Babylonians.
He is a Jew! He was not going to violate the Jewish food laws. And he just determined, he fixed it in his heart. He said I am just not going to do that. It is a determination.
So like you say, Jesus knew His purpose. He knew it was time for Him to go to Jerusalem. And He set His face toward Jerusalem and nothing was going to stop Him!
In Luke 9:51, it says "And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,"
Jesus steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem! The word steadfastly means a fixed established position. When it was time to go and die, He was fixed to go to Jerusalem. You couldn't get Him off track.
This is probably where Paul got his ministry. In Philippians, when he strives for the high calling in Christ Jesus, he has got one thing in mind, one direction in where he heads, and that is the mission for which Christ has sent him for.
Even if a Christian doesn't know what special ministry, or kind of ministry, or even what area God will have you work in, you only have one thing to be fixed on, and that is to grow in the grace and knowledge of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Period! Nothing else! It is an established fixed position.
In Daniel 1:8, we have the same phrases used for Daniel's decision, that he had fixed and established in his heart that he would not defile himself by eating the food of the Babylonians.
He is a Jew! He was not going to violate the Jewish food laws. And he just determined, he fixed it in his heart. He said I am just not going to do that. It is a determination.
So like you say, Jesus knew His purpose. He knew it was time for Him to go to Jerusalem. And He set His face toward Jerusalem and nothing was going to stop Him!
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