Podcast 48.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let's think about this.

He took my sins and my sorrows

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 ESV

This is probably the greatest expression of His love for us. He died for sin so we might die to sin. Might because we have to choose every day to live to righteousness. There is no greater response to His love than to walk daily in the healing His wounds purchased. Are you?

He made them His very own

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree Galatians 3:13 ESV

When He bore our sins He became a curse for us. He who was without sin became sin for us by making our sins and their resultant sorrows His very own. He blessed us when He allowed Himself to be hanged on the cross, a tree, and became cursed. What marvelous love!

He bore the burden to Calvary

And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Luke 23:33 ESV

Most translations say the place of the skull or Golgotha, but the KJV renders it Calvary. Whatever name it is called, it is a real place where our real Savior was crucified on a real cross between two real criminals. It is not just a song. It really happened. Do you believe it?

And suffered and died alone

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:46 ESV

For the first time in eternity the Father and the Son were separated as Jesus became sin for us and the Father turned His face away from Him. There were others standing by, but the isolation He must have felt as He cried out is impossible to fathom. He was alone so You never need be.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

He took my sins and my sorrows
He made them His very own
He bore the burden to Calvary
And suffered and died alone

Take the mindfulness of God's presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time,
Be Resonant.

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