What is keeping us from doing all we can do for the Lord AMY? Satan consumes us with fear by fanning the unknown. He exploits our imagination, and torments our feelings of insecurity.
One of the ways the devil attacks us is through lies about who we are and why we exist. Jesus says, “The thief (the devil) comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so they can have life. I want them to have it in the FULLEST POSSIBLE WAY. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” (John 10:10-11)
The terrible treatment of Jesus Christ was for us AMY,
- Scourging was an incredibly painful torture inflicted by a whip with multiple leather cords that would commonly have bits of sheep bone and sharp pieces of metal embedded throughout. “They will mock Him, spit on Him, flog Him with a whip, and kill Him, but after three days He will rise again.” (Mark 10:34)
- After the flogging, Jesus has lost a massive amount of blood. His back has been literally ripped to shreds, and he would have been incredibly weak. At this point, Roman soldiers drag him away to the governor’s palace, where they commence a new level of mockery and humiliation. Twisting together a crown of thorns, they ram the symbol of the curse given to Adam down on to the head of Jesus Christ.
- At the top of the hill, Jesus is thrown down on His back, exacerbating His already open wounds. They grab His hands, place iron stakes over His wrist joint, and drive these giant nails into them. He is lifted up and affixed to the vertical beam, now forming the familiar “T” of the cross, where His feet are now nailed as well.
THIS WAS ALL DONE FOR US TO PROVE HIS LOVE AND CARE FOR US, TO SHOW US THAT HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR US.
Your Personal Pastor -Bill Stockham