Murid-murid Yesus mengalami roller coaster emosi yang begitu dahsyat selama hampir 1,5 bulan, yang dimulai dari penangkapan Yesus di Taman Getsemane. Hukuman mati yang begitu cepat dan kengerian salib yang diderita oleh Yesus, begitu menghancurkan hati murid-murid.
Iman Kristen bukanlah sebuah mitos, tradisi, atau khayalan. Kekristenan adalah anugerah Allah.
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9 NIV)
“Jadi jika kamu yang jahat tahu memberi pemberian yang baik kepada anak-anakmu, apalagi Bapamu yang di sorga! Ia akan memberikan Roh Kudus kepada mereka yang meminta kepada-Nya.” (Luk 11:13)
Memang tiap-tiap ganjaran pada waktu ia diberikan tidak mendatangkan sukacita, tetapi dukacita. Tetapi kemudian ia menghasilkan buah kebenaran yang memberikan damai kepada mereka yang dilatih olehnya. (Ibrani 12:11)
So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. (Matthew 17:20 NKJV)
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Luke 6:38 NIV)
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Romans 1:17 NIV)