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Monday, April 10, 2017

The Sacrificial Lamb

The very morning of His death Jesus told Pontius Pilate that Calvary was the place He was going. “To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world…,” John 18:37.

Arrested and tried with false witnesses against him, a mock trial convicted Jesus to His death as Temple guards abused Him (Mark 14:65).

Luke 23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

Seven inch long nails kept Jesus on the cross, causing massive spasms in the median nerve to wreck His body.

The phrase “they crucified Him” condenses over eighteen hours of suffering into four words. The prophet Isaiah tells us that following the torture, he was hardly recognized.

Jesus suffered this torture as a Sacrificial Lamb for your sins and mine so that all who believe on Him will receive salvation and eternal life.  What love for lost sinners.