Jesus deliberately chose the path of weakness



On 29th March 2018, at Akrofi-Kristaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture/Akropong-Akuapem/Ghana, we had a Communion service. In his sermon Rev. Dr. James Walton said that “Jesus deliberately chose the path of weakness.” I like to write down some key words when I’m following a speech of a sermon, so I immediately wrote down this powerful phrase.  In explaining how Jesus could have chose the path of strength, he said that on angel can kill one hundred and eight-five thousand people.  2Kings 19:35 is a good example.  
I wake up this morning writing to my wife, family members and friends back home in Rwanda on WhatsApp, wishing them a happy Good Friday and asking them to keep thinking about the fact that Jesus died for our sins. As I was sharing the massage to them an idea cross my mind “if Jesus did not chose the path of weakness and chose Peter’s path?”  I took my Bible and started to read trying to know Peter’s path.

Peter’s Path
In trying to find out Peter’ path, I read Mathew 26:50-54. I realized that “one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword drew it out and stuck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.” He was ready to take the path of strength, prepared to fight.  Mathew did not mention the name of the person “one of Jesus’ companions”. But John in his account he mentioned the name of that person.  John 18:10 “Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)” Peter’s path was the path of strength, fight; he was not for the path of weakness that Jesus was taking.  
The response of Jesus to Peter shows that Jesus knew what he was doing by choosing the path of weakness. “Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of Angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?”  I tried to use calculations to demonstrate well the path that Peter was taking. A Roman legion had 6,000 soldiers, suppose that one Legion of Angles has the same number. 12 legions will have 6,000 x 12= 72,000. If one Angel can kill 185,000 how many people 72,000 Angels can kill? 185,000 x 72,000= 1.332E10.  Peter’s Path was the path of extermination, eradication of human beings on earth.

Thanks to Jesus who did not chose Peter’s path but the path of weakness in order to save us.   Philippians 2:5-8 “In your relationships one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be use to his own; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross!”
May God help us and enable us to choose the path of Jesus and avoid peter’s path.

Pastor Kubwimana Joel


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