MY LORD WAS CRUCIFIED

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. (1 John 3:16)

Themes: Crucifixion, Love of God, Communion, Good Friday

LYRICS

VERSE
You were pierced, stricken
Smitten and afflicted
The Son of Man betrayed with a kiss
You were cursed, beaten
Spit on and rejected
My God, what love is this?

PRE-CHORUS
You wore a crown of thorns
You died alone
In my place condemned
Blood from your hands and feet
Poured out for me
Forgiving all my sins

CHORUS
You bore the wrath of God
And died for me
You give and are eternal life
Humbly, You drank the cup of suffering
My Lord was crucified
My Lord was crucified

THE WORD IN THE WORDS

VERSE
You were pierced, stricken
Smitten and afflicted

But he was pierced for our transgressions… (Isaiah 53:5) / Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. (Isaiah 53:4)

The Son of Man betrayed with a kiss

Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" (Luke 22:48)

You were cursed, beaten

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us… (Galatians 3:13)

Spit on and rejected

Then some began to spit at him; …the guards took him and beat him. (Mark 14:65) / He was despised and rejected by men (Isaiah 53:3)

My God, what love is this?

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. (1 John 3:16)

PRE-CHORUS
You wore a crown of thorns

The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. (John 19:2)

You died alone

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34)

In my place condemned

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

Blood from your hands and feet
Poured out for me
Forgiving all my sins

This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matthew 26:28)

CHORUS
You bore the wrath of God
And died for me

Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, … the LORD makes his life a guilt offering…This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (Isaiah 53:10; 1 John 4:10)

You give and are eternal life

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish / He is the true God and eternal life (John 10: 28; 1 John 5:20)

Humbly, You drank the cup of suffering

…"My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done." / Jesus commanded Peter, "Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?" (Matthew 26:42; John 18:11)

My Lord was crucified
My Lord was crucified

as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. / Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! (2 Corinthians 9:15; Hebrews 5:2)

DEVOTIONAL

“I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go.” Song of Solomon 3:4

Does Christ receive us when we come to him, notwithstanding all our past sinfulness? Does he never chide us for having tried all other refuges first? And is there none on earth like him? Is he the best of all the good, the fairest of all the fair? Oh, then let us praise him! Daughters of Jerusalem, extol him with timbrel and harp! Down with your idols, up with the Lord Jesus. Now let the standards of pomp and pride be trampled under foot, but let the cross of Jesus, which the world frowns and scoffs at, be lifted on high. O for a throne of ivory for our King Solomon! Let him be set on high for ever, and let my soul sit at his footstool, and kiss his feet, and wash them with my tears. Oh, how precious is Christ! How can it be that I have thought so little of him? How is it I can go abroad for joy or comfort when he is so full, so rich, so satisfying. Fellow believer, make a covenant with thine heart that thou wilt never depart from him, and ask thy Lord to ratify it. Bid him set thee as a signet upon his finger, and as a bracelet upon his arm. Ask him to bind thee about him, as the bride decketh herself with ornaments, and as the bridegroom putteth on his jewels. I would live in Christ’s heart; in the clefts of that rock my soul would eternally abide. The sparrow hath made a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God; and so too would I make my nest, my home, in You, and never from You may the soul of thy turtle dove go forth again, but may I nestle close to You, O Jesus, my true and only rest. “When my precious Lord I find, All my ardent passions glow; Him with cords of love I bind, Hold and will not let him go.” -Charles Spurgeon