In the garden the serpent showed me the fruit With a beauty and fragrance within But I did not know that its razor-sharp seed Lay hidden down under its skin
It glowed with desire and was sweet to the taste With a promise of wisdom and powers But its poison-tipped blade cut right to my heart Leaving sin among withering flowers
Oh where is the healing, and where is the balm For my heart and my soul and my mind? A pathway to carry me all the way home And the Father who I left behind
Then suddenly I saw I was there at the cross And I wept at the wound in His side And the nails and the crown and the noise of the crowd And His blood that flowed down like the tide
I saw in His hand was the husk of that fruit Filled with vinegar and bitter gall That was pressed to the lips of my Savior that He Would taste for the sins of us all Would taste for the sins of us all
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.” Matthew 27:34 KJV
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment and cast lots. Luke 23:34 KJV
During the six long hours of the suffering of Jesus, He hung from nails driven through His hands and feet, and blood streamed down His face from the thorns that pierced His scalp. No one could have expected Him to do more than simply endure: But He did. Jesus was busy with an amazing number of things, and busy, not because He hoped to gain anything, but because His kindness and compassion was stirred up for those around Him. We can’t be sure of their exact order, but during those hours, Jesus promised the repentant thief, dying next to Him a place in paradise, He made sure that Mary would be cared for by His disciple John. In His agony, Jesus showed the world the love of God, so much so that as He died, one of the soldiers who had crucified Him, began to believe and confessed that He was the Son of God.
But of all the things Jesus did, none showed His kindness more than His final prayer “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do!” Though prayed when He was at HIs weakest, that prayer is still being powerfully answered today. And today, on this Good Friday, If the sight of children starving in war-torn villages while evil dictators plan their next attack angers you, remember that in God’s kindness, lies an even greater power than guns and bombs. There is a stronger force than fear and hatred. And on that afternoon, when Jesus breathed His last, friend and foe alike thought that He was finished. And they were right! Jesus was finished paying the penalty for you and I – finished with taking away the sins of the world – finished with His Father’s mission for Him on earth but just beginning by kindness and love to change the course of history, one lost sinner at a time!
The Bible says the devil comes And shouts things just aren’t fair Because believers are being blessed And kept under God’s care
He shouts He knows about our sins And demands to take control Because our failures and our faults Have sold to Him our soul
But while he tells all that we’ve done Thinking that He might win The Son of God lifts up His hands And shows the scars to Him
Reminding Him that from the Cross He cried Father forgive They do know not what they have done I’ll die so they might live
Then in defeat the evil one Slinks from the scene in shame As he sees the Savior in God’s book Begin to write our name! And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. Luke 23:34 ESV
praise2worshipdotnet 
You must be logged in to post a comment.