My daughter Cindy asked her Sunday School kids how many soldiers it took to hold Jesus down while they drove the nails into His hands and feet. She was so thrilled with their answers! When she told me about it, she said I HAD to write a poem about it. I asked the Lord to give me a poem because I sensed that He wanted it, too. This is what He gave me
How many soldiers did it take to hold our Savior down as the nails were driven into His trembling flesh?
Did they hold fast His precious head to place the thorny crown,
Viciously assuring it would keep the bleeding fresh?
"How many?" asked the teacher, as she faced her little brood.
Each child tried to answer, as earnestly they stood.
"Four soldiers!" called Meg.
"Ten!" said Jon, mocking her with a shove.
Jimmy rose and cried, "You're wrong! He did it out of love!"
From lips of a child the answer, in startling truth, rings still:
Out of love for all mankind, He did His Father's will.
"You're wrong!" the answer echoes loud -- He willingly obeyed;
If He had fought and struggled, the debt would not be paid.
How many soldiers did it take to hold the Savior still?
He did it all for you on that dark and lonely hill!
He did it out of love for you, to save you from your sin.
He's offering forgiveness; Will you turn and follow Him?
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But He was punished for our transgressions,
|He was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
and by His wounds we are healed. from Isaiah 53, Living Bible
SO TRUE! NO MAN HAD TO MAKE HIM DO ANYTHING...NO MAN TOOK HIS LIFE, HE LAID IT DOWN WILLINGLY. BRAVO, CONNIE, WELL DONE AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
The negation of pain while in the throes of torture and mutilation has been well documented. Rabbi Akiba who was one of the early Rabbis whose words grace the Talmud was flayed alive by the Romans in 135 ce, or ad in the old notation. Only the holiest and most disciplined disciples of many religions could do such a thing. He stood and endured his skin being stripped from his body until most of it lay at his feet. Then he cried "Here oh Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One". Never did he cry out.
It is not inconcievable that Jesus endured his execution and was not held down. After all he died for all our sins. Truly by those wounds we are healed. Bob
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It is not inconcievable that Jesus endured his execution and was not held down. After all he died for all our sins. Truly by those wounds we are healed. Bob
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