JESUS NEVER SINNED

“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 KJV

Jesus never sinned and yet He willingly left His Father, His home and all that He had to come to earth and die on the cross for our sins.  Think about it.  Jesus didn’t have to die on the cross.  His Father didn’t make Him. Our precious Saviour chose to fulfill the mission His Father had given Him.

If you ever think that nobody loves you or cares about you, remember the cross and the agony and pain that Jesus suffered for you and for me.  He was beaten beyond recognition, cursed, spat on, mocked and rejected.  I believe every time they pounded a nail into His hands, He felt the pain in His heart.

I believe that Jesus died of a broken heart.  He was totally alone while hanging on the cross.  God couldn’t look at Jesus because our Saviour had taken our sins on Him.  God is a Holy God and He can’t look at sin.  God cried when they crucified His beloved Son.  He died for you and He died for me.  O how He loves us!

Jesus, when I think about all the pain You suffered because of my sins, it brings tears to my eyes.  O how I love You!   

Joanne Lowe

October 4, 2016