The jeering crowd like jackals stood, <br />To see what must be done. <br />Though once they thought this man was good, <br />They didn't see God's Son. <br />They called Him Rabbi, Teacher, Lord, <br />Yet now He was Rome's slave. <br />So all His claims were now ignored, <br />For who was He to save? <br />The nails were driven deep inside... <br />More drops of blood soon fell... <br />Once lifted, hoisted, crucified, <br />His life was just like Hell. <br />Torment and torture lay ahead. <br />Excruciating pain. <br />His scourged back stung and bled and bled <br />As briars bruised His brain. <br />His mother wept each passing hour. <br />'Dear God, have pity, please! ' <br />And yet there came no sign of power, <br />No rescue, no release. <br />The soldiers gambled for His clothes. <br />One wash and they'd be clean. <br />His life and death the Father chose, <br />Thus stays the Nazarene. <br />'It is finished! ' the Saviour screamed <br />With one great final sigh... <br />Though not defeated as it seemed, <br />For Jesus had to die. <br />To think, the Holy Spirit shares <br />Forgiveness in His Name! <br />No other man on Earth compares. <br />Not one could do the same. <br />For all have sinned and gone astray <br />Like sheep in darkest night. <br />But blessed are they that find the Way <br />And walk within His light... <br />He died for you. He died for me. <br />God's Son fulfilled God's plan. <br />From Calvary came clemency! <br />Behold the Son of Man! <br />Behold the blood! Behold the Lord! <br />For this man was the Christ! <br />The Lamb of God! His heart outpoured! <br />The Saviour sacrificed! <br />Oh, who can count the callous sins <br />That Jesus suffered for? <br />Behold the precious Prince of Peace, <br />The King of Love and more!<br /><br />Denis Martindale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-cross-of-christ/
