1 Peter 1:19
"But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:"
The griefs and sorrows of Christ were allotted to Him by the Father. He did not suffer because of anything inherent in Him, but in the place of His chosen ones. He carried the grief and sorrow of sin all the way to the cross where He paid the ultimate price for our sin, His precious blood shed unto death.
You know, there are some that are trying to say that He had to become exactly what we are. They say that when the Scripture says that He became sin they actually believe and say that He became sinful. No, that is not the case! There is NO way that He could have been made a sinner and still be the PERFECT, SPOTLESS LAMB. God could NOT have accepted Him with sin in Him. His blood would have no longer been an acceptable Sacrifice. No, He bore our sin debt in our place as our Substitute. He paid what we owed with His precious blood shed unto death. Precious because He was spotless, without sin/blemish, perfect, righteous. He did not take on our depravity. He took on the wrath of His Father and died for His children.
It was real pain, no man could bear the flogging that He did in His flesh. I don't believe it as men portray in some of these movies where you see Him crying out in agony. I believe what the Scriptures say, "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." (Isaiah 53:7)
When our LORD Jesus Christ did speak, it was always to the glory of His Father and the good of those drawn to Him. And yet that doesn't in any way diminish the pain He endured as the sin-Bearer. Our LORD was not exempt from suffering, quite the opposite.
You read in Scripture that Christ groaned in His Spirit. To me that shows, again, His humanness and I am thankful because many times have I groaned in my spirit and He has turned my eyes to see Him and to know that anything I go through can't compare to what my LORD endured for my sin. And I deserve justly what comes to me, but He did not. He was wronged and abused and when it says that He was oppressed, that word literally means 'injuriously treated.' He endured the contradiction of sinners against Himself. Yet, in all that, He opened not His mouth. That should shut our mouths in awe and bring us to our knees at His feet!
ALL glory and honor to the Lamb slain!
"...Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing." (Revelation 5:12)
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