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.
Jesus had been arrested, tried and convicted in a mock trial.
He was scourged, beaten, His beard pulled out, crowned with thorns, and mocked.
He was nailed to a cross with 7 inch long — 3/8 inch in diameter nails through the median nerve which caused massive spasm to wrack His body.
You see, He died, but He rose again three days later, Matt. 28:1-6 and He lives forever to make salvation available to all who will come to Him by faith, Heb. 7:25; Rev. 1:18.
Why did Jesus submit to this horrendous treatment at Calvary?
It was to demonstrate His love, Rom. 5:8; —. To destroy sin – Heb. 9:26; —. To defeat Satan, 1 John 3:8. To offer salvation to all who believe.
He did it for you and me, 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Luke 22:20.
At Calvary
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Years I spent in vanity and pride, — Caring not my Lord was crucified, — Knowing not it was for me He died — On Calvary.
Chorus:
Mercy there was great, and grace was free; — Pardon there was multiplied to me; — There my burdened soul found liberty — At Calvary.
By God’s Word at last my sin I learned; — Then I trembled at the law I’d spurned, — Till my guilty soul imploring turned — To Calvary.
Now I’ve giv’n to Jesus everything, — Now I gladly own Him as my King, — Now my raptured soul can only sing — Of Calvary!
Oh, the love that drew salvation’s plan! — Oh, the grace that brought it down to man! — Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span — At Calvary!
William R. Newell. 1895
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