The Passion of The Christ
Let's not forget the cruel details of the agonizing sacrifice GOD made on our behalf.
Even before His crucifixion, The Son Of GOD was stripped naked, beaten until almost unrecognizable, whipped, scorned and mocked, crowned with thorns and spit on contemptuously.
Abused and ridiculed by heartless men, He was treated worse than an animal.
Then, nearly unconscious from blood loss, He was forced to drag a cumbersome cross up a hill, was nailed to it, and was left to die the slow excruciating torture of death by crucifixion.
While His lifeblood drained out, hecklers stood by and shouted insults, making fun of His pain and challenging His claim to be GOD.
Next, as Jesus took all of mankind's sins and guilt on Himself, GOD The Father looked away from that ugly sight, and Jesus cried out in total desperation, "My GOD, My GOD, why have you forsaken me?”
Jesus could have saved Himself—but then He could not have saved you.
Words cannot describe the darkness of that moment.
Why did GOD allow and endure such ghastly evil mistreatment?
Why?
So we could be spared from condemnation in hell, and so we can share in His Glory forever!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life.
John 3:16 KJV
But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden His Face from you,
so that He will not hear.
Isa 59:2 NIV
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the Blood of Christ.
Eph 2:13 NIV
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to Salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Cor 7:10-11 NIV
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in Him with a Seal, The promised Holy Spirit, Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the Redemption of those who are God's possession — to the praise of his Glory.
Eph 1:13-14 NIV