Oh The Pain of It All

 N.T.#452  "Oh The Pain of It All"

Dec. 27, 2024

Mark 15-Part 8

LET IT GLOW

Can you hear the hammering of the nails into Jesus at the base of His hands? Ping, ping. What an excruciating painful sound They would have been like railroad spikes, 5 inches long and 3/8 inch square nail. Jesus' arms would have been stretched across the cross beam, forming a T of the two beams. Both wrists would have been nailed to the cross bar. They bent His knees, placed His feet flat against the stipes, and drove a nail through each foot. Then the soldiers tilted the cross up and guided the base into the hole in the ground. With a sudden jarring thud, the cross dropped into the securing hole. By nine o'clock in the morning, the soldiers finished securing Jesus hanging on the cross of Calvary. [Resource: Swindoll's Living Insights on Mark]

There hung Jesus Christ, King of the Jews, their expected Messiah, Savior to all who believed Him to be the Son of the Living God. He was despised and rejected by His own people; innocent of their charges. The Jews expected their Messiah to deliver them from the rule of Rome. Friend, are you a believer in Jesus? 

He who knew no sin became sin so we might become His righteousness. That is love to the highest degree-dying for sinners.

LET IT GROW

They offered Jesus wine with myrrh added in it, but He refused it. It was to help lessen the torture. Did you think of that? Jesus endured the pain for us so we don't have to pay for our sins. 

J.V. McGee mentions it.  No Gospel writer records the details of the Crucifixion.; they only give us incidents. It is like the Spirit of God says it is too horrible to tell.

According to Jewish time, it was 9:00 in the morning, the third hour, when they crucified Jesus. (verse 25)

There hung THE KING OF THE JEWS. A superscription of His accusation that was written over Jesus. He died in order for everyone who believed in Him could have everlasting life. Such love!!

LET IT GO

Oh, what a Savior! Isn't He wonderful? Sing hallelujah! The godly died for the ungodly, you and me.

Have you asked Jesus to forgive your sins? He is waiting with open arms, stretched out, like on the cross. Is the King biding you to come to Him today?  

Living He loved me, dying He saved me, buried He carried my sins far away, rising He justified freely forever. One day He is coming, o glorious day!