HE NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG

“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

Isaiah 53:3-6

King James Version

Rev. Frederick A. Graves wrote a beautiful hymn about the love of our Saviour “He Was Nailed to the Cross for Me”.  The words in this hymn bring tears to my eyes.  “He was nailed to the cross for me, He was nailed to the cross for me; On the cross crucified for me He died; He was nailed to the cross for me.”

Think about it.  Jesus had never did anything wrong yet He willingly walked that long lonely road to Calvary and there allowed them to crucify Him on the cross for your sins and for my sins.  There is no greater love than the love Jesus has for you and for me.  Nobody loves you like Jesus loves you and nobody ever will.

Marvin P. Dalton wrote a beautiful hymn about Jesus “O What a Savior”.  “O what a Savior, O hallelujah! His heart was broken on Calvary, His hands were nail scarred, His side was riven, He gave His life-blood for even me.”  I don’t think any of us, including me, know how much our precious Saviour loves us.  Think about it.  He had never done anything wrong yet He willingly walked that long lonely road to Calvary and allowed them to crucify Him on a cross of torture.

Marvin P Dalton wrote what I believe to be the greatest hymn ever written “Oh What a Savior”.  “O what a Savior

O Hallelujah His heart was broken On Calvary His hands were nail scared His side was riven He gave His life’s blood for even me.”  We talk a lot about the physical pain Jesus endured but we seldom talk about His heart that was broken on Calvary.

I believe every time they pounded a nail into the hands of our Saviour that He felt that pain in His heart.  We read in the Bible.  “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

Yes, He never did anything wrong yet He still died for us so that we may be saved and go to Heaven when we die.  How I love Jesus!  He is the Joy of my heart, the reason I’m living and the reason I get out of bed in the morning.  Without Jesus, life is not worth living.  Without Jesus, we aren’t living, we just exist.

Please join me in praising the “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS”.  Worthy is the Lamb of God!  All hail, King Jesus!  Lift up your voice and praise the One Who loves you so much He died for you.

Joanne Lowe

June 24, 2019