Jesus Died For You

Jesus Died For You “They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. Then they led him away to crucify him.” Matthew 27:28-31 We can never imagine the agony and pain that Jesus suffered that day in Jerusalem before His crucifixion on the hill of Golgotha. We could never visualize just how disgusting this must have been to the followers of Jesus, as they saw the spit running down Jesus’ face, the blood gushing out of His side, the excruciating agony of the spikes being driven into His hands and His feet, and then finally seeing Him raised onto the cross and watching Him die. We all need to really be able to visualize this disgusting scene, and have it etched in our thoughts and minds every minute of every day, because it for us that Jesus endured this agony and suffered this pain. It was for us that He allowed his tormenters to hang Him on the cross. It was for us that He died that day on Calvary. It was not a pretty sight, but it is in that disgusting sight, that we need to keep in our minds, that should enable us to find the strength to turn away the sin that we are contemplating. It is this sight that we need to have engrained in our minds, when we are tempted to do something that we know we should not do. We need to remember this sight, when evil thoughts begin to pervade our minds and threaten to lead us astray. Every time that we sin we need to remember this disgusting sight, and it should remind us that Jesus died for us. I would hope that you would never forget the sacrifice that Jesus made for you that day, and before you sin think about this sight of Jesus on the cross. My Daily Devotional Volume III July 13 Robert William Brock, Jr.