Jesus is Alive!

What Jesus endured while on earth is stirring in the deepest of ways because what he suffered on that cruel Roman cross was what every one of us deserves. Pierced, bruised, and crushed—an innocent lamb led to slaughter. Many would have passed out from only a portion of what Jesus suffered That was the fate of our beloved savior.

The compassion of God is truly greater than anything we’ll ever come to know. The more we dwell upon the flogging…the stripes upon his back…the nails in his wrists…and the crown of thorns he wore, along with the mental anguish of the brief separation from his Father while he bore our sins, we can more fully understand the magnitude of his suffering. Though because of this miraculous feat, we are now set free spiritually from everything that besets our souls forever.

Isaiah tells us:  By His stripes we are healed. The greater meaning of it all, we’ll understand in heaven, but for now, we can rest in the truth of God’s word that these things were designed from the beginning for good. All praise, glory, and thanks to God!