It was because of our sin that Jesus suffered and died upon the cross…your sin and my sin. That is how great His love is for us. That is how deep God, the Father’s love is for us. As someone once said, “He paid a debt He did not owe because we had a debt we could not pay.”

     “Behold the man upon a cross

     My sin upon His shoulders.

     Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice

     Call out among the scoffers.

     It was my sin that held Him there

     Until it was accomplished.

     His dying breath has brought me life

     I know that it is finished.” ~ Stuart Townend

Isaiah 53:5-6

5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

“Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.” ~ John R.W. Stott

The Lord bless you and keep you…

Pastor Dave