Jesus and the Price of Sin
Eve started it and Adam followed.
Yet, if I had been there, it would have been me.
All the children were next. Like a flock of sheep, we tag along.
The cost was great.
At first, there was a sacrificial blood offering.
Sin was too great. The blood offering required more.
Picture the greatness of God’s love!
He delivered to us His only Son.
Jesus came. He left His Father. He left His home.
Here was the picture of a man who had no sin.
He came to walk among those who did.
What more did He have to pay? What more was the cost?
What did Jesus have to endure for me!
Jesus had to live with what He knew was to come.
There was a willingness, yet, “His sweat was like drops of blood.” Luke 22:44
“Judas betrayed him.” (John 18:2) In sin, I, too, betray my Lord.
Peter denied Him. I, too, have denied Him.
Jesus was flogged. (John 19:19) He was beaten with a whip.
His flesh was torn- His blood ran red.
“The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head.” John 19:2
“They slapped Him in the face.” John 19:3b
He was forced to carry His own cross to Golgotha. John 19:17
What more would my sin cause?
It was the spikes driven into His hands and feet.
It was the pressure upon His body hanging there on the cross.
It was grotesque what Jesus suffered for my sin.
Yet, upon the cross, He forgave a thief when He said,
“Today, you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:24b
Jesus had to look upon His mother standing there in grief and tears.
Not only was Jesus nailed, but His “side was pierced.” John 19:34
The soldiers “divided up His clothes by casting lots.” Matt. 27:35
In Jesus’ final hour, He suffered when His Father looked away.
He called out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Matt. 27:46b
God had looked away, for my sin had been placed upon His Son.
Jesus cried again, “It is finished! John 19:30
He had paid the price. He took my sin.
