Tears rolling down His face

I think of the pain Jesus went through of dying on the cross and being betrayed. Not only did He physically suffer but He also had to feel betrayed by His close friends and all the people He was dying for. Jesus could've easily just got done from the cross especially with people yelling at Him, it would've been so much easier for Him just to prove to the people that He could save Himself. But He needed God to save Him. All the insults and nasty things people were saying to Him would've been horrible. But Jesus knew that He had to do this. It wasn't His will but Gods will. His tears and pain would take away the pain of many more. Many times God calls us to do the harder things and not take the shortcuts. There are always easier options. In Christ it would be easy to just be selfish with your faith and not share it with anyone. But instead God calls us to go out of our comfort zone and possibly risk popularity or what people think of us to go to great bounds to show what we think of God. Jesus could've actually saved Himself and He also could've been upset with the people that were killing Him, but He patiently waited on God and cried out forgiveness for them. 

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:17 NIV). We don't have to suffer anymore. We don't have to sin anymore! We are freed and we are a new creation. We can be complete in Christ! 

For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:17, 18 NIV). 

It is so much better to live for God in this life than to live for our flesh and die in our flesh! 

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2 NIV). 

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; (John 11:25 NIV). 

His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords. (Revelation 19:12-16 NIV). 

Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. (Mark 15:15-20 NIV). 

This passage really makes me sad and very humbled about what Jesus went through to die for us. All the pain emotionally and physically He took. Why? He trusted His father and loved us. 

They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews. Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!” In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him. (Mark 15:22, 25, 26, 29-32 NIV). 

Jesus didn't have to prove anything to these people except that He served a greater God. He can save others through His death. He died for us! That has never meant more to me until this year! 

When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.” The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” (John 19:5-7 NIV). Jesus your death means everything to us! You gave me life and you gave me breath and you brought me to Your Father! 

From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.” (John 19:12 NIV). 

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (John 19:30 NIV). 

And then it was finished. It is finished in us today.