[3] He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. [4] Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
Look up to the cross. Who did you see there? Just another man... a common criminal receiving the wrath of God? Just another zealot? No. On that cross hangs the Son of God, the "Firstborn of all Creation." On that cross is God in flesh, and why? Because the zeal that holds him there is the same zeal which holds you to his heart now. It was not nails or soldiers that held him there but love--strong, pure, true love. Even after we despised him, rejected him, spit in his face... even after the very face of his father was turned from him, he chose his cross.
Look up to the cross; who do you see there? Just another man... a common criminal? No. On that cross hangs the Savior and Lover of your heart, fullfilling His perfect act of love for you.
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