By His Stripes

Isaiah 53:3-7

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 

"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

"All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

"He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth." 

The Seven Words of Jesus on the Cross (ZH#89)

Out onto Calvary's hill,

Where Jesus died I'll go,

To hear the words He speaks,

To see Him in his woe.

How great the pains, O Lord,

Afflict Thee on this day;

"My God, my God,"He calls, 

"Forsake Me not, I pray."

No vengeance fills His heart; 

For them I hear Him plead; 

"They know not what they do;

Forgive them for this deed."

Now Mary weeps for Him;

In love He soothes her lot;

"See, mother, thine own son!"

"Thou friend, forsake her not!"

The theif in penitence

Is pardoned ere he dies: 

"Today shalt thou yet be,

With Me in Paradise."

"I thirst," He cries in pain,
For there is no distress,
Which Christ, the Friend of Man,
Endured not at His death.

He bows His head and cries,

"'Tis finished, all is done,

O God, receive my soul."

Life's victory is won.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6)