The Cross

And in light of the cross, some brief song lyrics that I think about. They call it how it is:

Man of Sorrows what a name for the Son of God who came. Ruined sinners to reclaim. Hallelujah! What a Savior.
I love this. It's our Savior spoken of in Isaiah 53. Seriously, read it, it's only 12 verses. It will take you like 3 minutes.

Isaiah 53 - Amplified
Isaiah 53
1WHO HAS believed (trusted in, relied upon, and clung to) our message [of that which was revealed to us]? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been disclosed?
2For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.

3He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him.

4Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].

5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.

6All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt and iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.

8By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who among them considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living [stricken to His death] for the transgression of my [Isaiah's] people, to whom the stroke was due?

9And they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.

10Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief and made Him sick. When You and He make His life an offering for sin [and He has risen from the dead, in time to come], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, and the will and pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.

11He shall see [the fruit] of the travail of His soul and be satisfied; by His knowledge of Himself [which He possesses and imparts to others] shall My [uncompromisingly] righteous One, My Servant, justify many and make many righteous (upright and in right standing with God), for He shall bear their iniquities and their guilt [with the consequences, says the Lord].

12Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty, because He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself] be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the transgressors; yet He bore [and took away] the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors (the rebellious).


Cross of Sorrow, Cross of Love
Upon the cross of sorrow, He suffered; upon the cross of love, He died. What greater sacrifice could He have offered, than His own life for mine? The Man of Sorrows bore my sin. The God of Love redeemed my soul, and all eternity revolves around the cross.

The Savior's Lament
See the Savior in the garden. See Him as He kneels to pray. All His sorrow, all His anguish, all our sins upon Him weigh. Though He cries, "Lord, come and help me. Come and take this bitter cup away." He surrenders, "It is not My will, but is Your will I must obey."
See the Savior on the cross. Hear Him cry, cry in agony. Feel His sorrow and His anguish as He suffers on that tree. There He cries out, "Come and help me. My God, why have You forsaken me? Into Your hands Lord, I commit My Spirit." And then He dies for all humanity.

O, To See the Dawn
Ev'ry bitter thought, every evil deed, crowning His blood stained brow.
This last line just makes me think of how vast Christ's death was in regards to every sin. Even if the world had no murder, rape, genocide, abuse..if this world had no sin that we could physically detect; just one single sinful thought would be enough to require Christ. So even if life is looking personally pretty good, not so much sin is being manifested, there is still an evil heart and mind that conjures up enough sin that Christ had to die for it. For your sinful thoughts. Christ died for those.

Aren't we thankful and hopeful? And sooo glad HE ROSE!! We are allowed to live amazing lives now. Redeemed and eternal.