The Price Paid

“But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5

This is what makes it possible for us to be free from the curse of sin and this is how we are able to experience well-being and healing in the truest sense. The piercing, the crushing, the chastening and the scourging that Christ endured all had Divine purpose; and had been planned out from the foundation of the world! But have you ever stopped to considered the impact that Christ’s decision to take up His cross has on your own personal life? He is intimately acquainted with all our ways yet loves even the vilest of sinners and was willing to bear even that ones burden unto death. Our freedom from death and our ultimate eternal life is possible because of this, the greatest expression of love in all of time. In view of that knowledge don’t you want to live as one who truly accepts and appreciates the sacrifice that was made on the cross?

Can you imagine having the weight of the world’s iniquity on His shoulders as He carried the cross to Calvary? A very high price was paid four our lives at Calvary and only perfect love could pay it.