Imagine
your name with your every sin written on a placard and nailed to the cross of a
person who has done no wrong to pay the price of suffering on your behalf in
the valley of humiliation and death. This is the imagery Paul used to personalize
the Atonement to the understanding of the Colossian saints (Colossians 2:14-15).
In his day it was customary for Romans to write the crimes committed by the
condemned person on a placard and nailed to the cross at the time of his
crucifixion for all to see (John 19:19-22).
I have had
occasion to reflect on this when enduring seemed like too big a task with a
stark realization that if I didn’t ‘press toward the mark’ as Paul admonished
(Philippians 3:14), I would be paying unthinkable dishonour to the most
benevolent sacrifice for my soul. Not only this, but a gratitude for that
sacrifice which erased my every indignity by paying the demands of justice so
that I might not suffer the pains of a damned soul. Is there a greater debt
than this? Or a greater repayment we could and should ever make? All that we
are and can come to be we owe to Him who honoured that placard on His cross at
Calvary……
A life
laid bare in selfless giving
For
man’s purpose of salvation
Crimson
drops were spilt like roses
On the
hill of His creation.
- CATHRYNE ALLEN
(Art: The Glory of Jesus Christ by Ralph of Gratis Graphics)
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