[Music] the crucifixions were worse than that his intestines were hanging out his entire rib cage was showing on both sides his beard chunks were pulled out his spine opened up and exposed the tissues and muscles around his spine were exposed he was beaten butt naked mutilated from his penis down you couldn't even tell whether he was a man or a woman and he was naked he had to carry a 200 lb 300lb cross like how we squat in the gym he had to carry that for Miles up a hill with his body open all his
blood gone completely no energy and yet he carries it for a long way shows you how strong Jesus was in his human body then he gets pierced in his hands with nails the nails like railroad spikes piercing through the nerves in his hands I don't know if you've ever pinched a nerve but all the nerves in his hands pierced through the nerves in both his feet pierced so now shocking nerve pain in both arms in both feet but while he's on the cross he's suffocating he has to push up just to breathe but he's on
a Rugged splintery Cross and his spine open so now he's rubbing splintery wood against his open tissues against his exposed muscles while nerve pain is shooting through his arms through his feet and the Son of God went through all of this for what for you for me for every sin every mistake every wrong we've ever made he endured unimaginable pain suffering and humiliation not because he had to but because he chose to he chose to lay down his life to carry that cross to experience that torment all for the sake of our Redemption he did
it to offer us Grace forgiveness and eternal life he could have called down Legions of angels with just a word he could have ended it but he didn't because hanging on that cross he saw you he saw your sin your shame your Brokenness every moment you felt unworthy every time you ran from him every dark thought every failure every mistake he hung there he took the nails he bore the stripes he carried the cross for you so now what will you do with that will you keep running keep ignoring him keep living as if it
never happened or will you surrender because because he's waiting
