On this day, let's remember what Jesus did for you and me....
"The Christian teaching about who crucified Christ is not that the Romans or the Jews or whatever people happened to be there did, but that you and I did, and that all human societies without exception are involved in the crucifixion of Christ. Northrop Frye's " ... this is something to keep in mind as you watch Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ... it's definitely NOT an anti-Semitic movie...
No one can truly fathom the pain and suffering Jesus experienced on the cross to redeem us. It was a divine exchange: we took His good and He took our bad. Totally unfair, but that was how much Jesus loved us.
Isaiah 53 lists this exchange.
On the cross, Jesus ............................. So that we might
was devoid of beauty .......................... have His beauty
was rejected .........................................be accepted
was a man of sorrows ..........................have joy
was despised ....................................... be esteemed
carried our sicknesses and pains ........ be healed
had no peace ....................................... have peace
bore our sins and shed His blood ......... be forgiven
did not have anybody speaking for Him before God .......... have a High Priest in heaven speaking for us forever
On the cross, God laid on Jesus the sin and filth of the whole world, and the wrath and judgement of God came upon Jesus like no other man has ever suffered or will ever suffer.
For three hours, darkness covered the earth while Jesus experienced pain and torment that was unimaginably hideous and vile when He took on His own body our sin and sicknesses. When Jesus died, God tore the heavy veil in the temple that separated man and God, thus signifying man’s eternal acceptance into His presence.
Having exhausted His wrath, God raised Jesus from the dead and He now sits at the right of God in heaven as our High Priest. The precious blood of Christ, once shed, forever settles the need for judgement of sin on man.
Now we have a permanent right standing with God, and complete access to Him to bring all our requests, big or small. He loves us with an everlasting love and we are forever His children, beloved by Him.
John 1:29
(text reproduced from the new creation church website: What Jesus Has Done For You)
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