THE PASSION OF CHRIST

 
It is good friday, the day our lord Jesus Christ was crucified. I looked through the gospels and read the various accounts of the passion, crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ and my eyes were open beyond what people normally believe to be the reason why christ died. Some say 'Christ died to save us from sin...' and they stop there. As i studied the word, i began to see that Christ's did more than just save us from sin.
Isaiah 53 talks about the passion and death of Christ, in vs10 "yes, it pleased the lord to bruise him..." how possible? yes! it pleased God to bruise his son cos when Jesus came he took the place of sinful man, The beautiful exchange. In Him all the sins of mankind He bore and God punished the sins of man in the body of Jesus.
All that happened was a type of what was going on in the spiritual. The crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus signified that all the curses placed on man he took on himself thats why Gal3:13 "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us...". All the scourging, beatings, insults and spitting Christ endured signified he had recieved all the condemnations for man and the price for sin he paid. All the wounds and stripes he had was for all mankind to enjoy good health Isaiah53:5"... by his stripes we are healed". On the cross when he shed his blood, it was a sign that we have been saved from the wrath of God. Rom5:9 "much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him". His blood is a propitiation for our sins, his blood washes all mankind and presents us blameless before the father.
As Christ said "it is finished" all the penalty for the sins of you and I he paid. As he died the curtain of the temple was torn into half from top to bottom to signify that the veil, barrier hindering us from reaching the father was destroyed col1:13" who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his dear son". Christ's death death gave us access to heaven, the veil was removed now we have boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus.
Christ died to conquer he that had the power of death, the devil and has freed all who through fear of death were subjected to bondage.
Christ has paid the price, there is no fear of death Glory!, no fear, he has paid for our good health, he has taken on him all our curses cos of his death we have been accepted.
God loves you dearly thats why he gave his very best best for us so we would become sons of his love.Rom 5:8" God commendeth his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us".
I urge you all to take out time and fellowship with the Father and feel his love. Don't be too quick about it, enjoy it in the spirit of the finished works of his Son.
                     Dannie.