Before I even get onto the topic at hand, let's just look at the significance of that one line. By the wounds of one man...one perfect, blameless, spotless man, we are healed. By the wounds of Christ, by the piercing of nails and the pain he suffered, we are healed. This concept used to blow my mind away since I always thought that a wound was something that damaged. Not something that would heal. But we look at it from a human perspective, where Christ was a man, but he was also the Son of God. Thus, the wounds caused by man to Christ healed our sins. It's complex at times, but I can't put into words how much I am thankful that Christ died for our sins
Now, last year I put into perspective Easter according to my thoughts. I looked at the perspective of the act and posted some nice imagery for those who couldn't understand how huge Christ saving us from our sins was. Well, this year I want to look more in depth at how significant Christ's love is for us. Mainly, I just wanted to dig more on the idea of how something so perfect, so amazing was beaten, tortured, and bruised with thorns....yet, He still told His father, our God, to forgive us all
Christ said as he slowly died, "forgive them..." To think of the torturing, bruising, and all the atrocities that happened to Jesus by men yet he told God to forgive us? I cannot begin to tell you how crazy that is to me sometimes. If someone were to punch you, would you pray for their forgiveness or would you fight back? Well, Jesus was tied to a cross, and forced to carry it while being whipped relentlessly. If you have something that may hurt your head, you take it off right? Jesus had a crown of thorns...let me repeat this...thorns...that were pushed into his skull till blood was drawn. And when Jesus was being nailed to the cross, as with everything that proceeded and followed, he could have easily stopped it all, killed his persecutors, and not even flinch
But Christ took this beating, this bruising, so we could have eternal life. I have been a Christian for years. Not quite as many as some of the people in my church, but I can bet that even those who are Christians for many years can grasp quite why Christ died for us. I stand amazed that Christ, the very son of God, came down to save us from our sins
I hope this can help to provide some reflection during this pivotal weekend. May you take in His word, and also listen to the song that contains that line I originally posted at the top of this blog
Song of the day: "By His Wounds"-Mac Powell and friends
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