on the cross, god was laying on jesus our sins. they not only put nails in his hands but before that they scourged him. a roman scourge was a terrible thing. they took whips with pellets on the whips and beat a person almost to death. and then they took the cross and made him carry the cross which in his weakened condition was almost impossible. but he carried that cross to a place outside of jerusalem. then they put nails in his hands. but that was not the real suffering. the real suffering is when he said, my god, why hast thou forsaken me?
truth and the life. no man cometh to the father but through me. the only way to the father god is through his son jesus christ. now why jesus? he s the only one that was born into this world without sin. but more than that, he was the righteous one. when you come to him, you are clothed in his righteousness. god no longer sees your sin. he no longer sees your own heart. he sees jesus. now, i don t understand all about it. there are many things about the cross and about salvation that i do not understand. i m not told that i have to understand it all. i m told that i m to believe. and anybody can believe. a blind man, a deaf man, an old person, a young person can believe.
you come to the cross by repentance and faith. jesus literally took all of this on his own back for me. i remember bowing out, head touching the ground saying i m sorry, god, i m sorry. one step led to another which led to another. you know, i was back drinking, sleeping around with women. the conviction that i was now feeling was so strong. i remember driving on the highway just thinking to myself, god, you ve got to do something. if you don t do something, i might hurt myself or hurt somebody else. i don t know what s going to happen. just don t kill me. i get cut off by a truck and my truck just starts tipping until it flips over and starts rolling
on the cross, god was laying on jesus our sins. they not only put nails in his hands but before that they scourged him. a roman scourge was a terrible thing. they took whips with pellets on the whips and beat a person almost to death. and then they took the cross and made him carry the cross which in his weakened condition was almost impossible. but he carried that cross to a place outside of jerusalem. then they put nails in his hands. but that was not the real suffering. the real suffering is when he
it was like god is saying, i love you. i know you re tired of the way you have been living and i will make you new if you will let me. my heart just said, yes, i need that, i want that. please. that s why i woke up the next day. i just felt such a peace and a joy almost that i had never felt before. [ baby crying ] jesus saved my life. on top of everything else, the life of my son and the new baby. that wouldn t be if jesus hadn t entered me and rescued me.