"Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified." (Matthew 27:26)
There have been times over the years when I have read of the stoning and the general "putting to death" in the Bible, I have cringed.
As I read Isaiah 53 and Matthew 27 today, however, I realized again that neither I, nor anyone else, hates sin the way the Living Triune God hates sin. Jesus bore the death penalty of the Bible which was carried out in all the stoning and putting to death of which we read. The Cross is God's "attitude" toward sin. Our King and Savior, Jesus Christ, took all of those death penalties, as the Bible says, "in His own Body on the tree."
All I can say is what the song writer penned, "Upon that cross of Jesus mine eyes at times can see, the very dying form of one Who suffered there for me." Galatians 3 says, "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us...." The only reason I am not under Heaven's death penalty is that Jesus took the death penalty for me. (Isaiah 53 & Matthew 27)
Father, in Jesus' Name, "Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe, sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow." Thank You. Amen.
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CROW MISSION: August 2-13
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2I
