Okay the other day I talked about a having a new Christian "high", after all Jesus is our saviour, he saved us, he saved me! How amazing! As we learn more what this means we find that it was not just a simple act performed by God, like a wave of his hand. Jesus, Gods only begotten son, was murdered by us (sinners) to take our sin, for our sins. He took our sins upon Himself. Think upon your sins, he felt the weight of all those sins upon the cross, plus all the rest of the sinners for all eternity. The word excruciating comes from lack of descrpition of the pain felt from being on the cross, it means literally "from the cross" Jesus was scourged(beaten and flailed) which killed many before even being nailed to the cross, then was forced to carry his cross, a huge beam of wood weighing more than He could bear in the end and had to be carried by Simon. Fully bloody and exhausted his hands and feet were then nailed to the cross by long metal spikes his body was then hoisted up and he would feel the full weight of his body pulling on those spikes. Just horrible!
Now alot of this information was derived from my reading of the Bible as well as "Doctrine:what Christians should believe" by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. paraphrased mostly but I wanted to give credit as well as two very good books to read, especially the first.
Ok this all being said please do NOT let your enthusiasim lead to buying things like this:
http://www.orientaltrading.com/cross-shaped-suckers-a2-5_683.fltr?prodCatId=388673&categoryFromSearch=true&tabId=1&Ne=90000&rd=lollipop
Now I dont blame Oreintal Trading for selling it, I would only blame those who buy it. What comes to mind is the phrase "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?" Matthew 23:33
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