Christ died for us

Isaiah 53:5-6 New Life Version (NLV)

5 But He was hurt for our wrong-doing. He was crushed for our sins. He was punished so we would have peace. He was beaten so we would be healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone the wrong way. Each of us has turned to his own way. And the Lord has put on Him the sin of us all.

In Matthew Henry’s Commentary, Henry wrote this, “He bore them, and blamed not his lot; he carried them, and did neither shrink from them, nor sink under them. The load was heavy and the way long, and yet he did not tire, but persevered to the end, till he said, It is finished.

Isaiah foretold the horrific death of Christ’s death.  In the final days of Christ’s life; He was beaten to a point where He was unrecognizable. He was strapped to a pole and whipped with a Cat of nine tails; similar to a whip with 9 whips leashed together and pieces of metal attached to the end of each whip to scratch and strip skin from the person.

Isaiah 50:6 tells us, “I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.”

Jesus was humiliated. Although the gospels don’t tell us specifically, we see in Isaiah 50:6 to foretelling of Christ’s beard being ripped from His face. We know a crown of thorns was fashioned to mock Him for those who did not understand His kingship. They thrust the crown on His head pushing the thorns deep into the skin.

Forced to carry a heavy a heavy wooden cross up a hill, Jesus fell from the weight. You see although He was still God, Jesus was human and was weak and in pain. Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. This man Simon was drafted into carrying the cross for Jesus that would become the instrument of death.

They nailed Christ to the cross in a fashion that caused the person to suffocate. Already bearing much pain, Christ endured more pain for our sake.

The greatest pain was yet to come. For The Father placed upon His son, OUR SINS. Crushing sins that were overwhelming. And The Father who had been with Christ since the beginning of time turned away from Christ because of that sin and Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Soon Jesus cried out, “It is finished.” And breathed His last.

John 3:16 tells us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Christ gave His life for you, for me and all others in the world. Jesus paid the debt for our sin.