FRIDAY April 18th
Luke 23:33
‘And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.’
I don’t usually send out devotions on bank holidays, but today I am just going to send the words of the following songs as we contemplate the wonder of Calvary, as you read the lyrics, allow your heart to be touched by his eternal love as you consider the cost of your great redemption.
‘. . . knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.’ 1 Peter 1:18–19.
‘. . . he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.’ Hebrews 9:12.
Three crosses stood on Calvary’s hill, twas crucifixion day
The time had come to pay sin’s debt, and death was the only way
A hammer and a soldier’s swing beat out redemption’s sound
And from those hands that healed the sick, the blood came streaming down
And from precious veins, sinners’ chains were broken by the blood
Those rusty nails that shook the gates of Hell, had started a crimson flood
To one and to all, who would heed this gospel call, are waiting liberty
And the truth remains and will never change, the blood still sets men free
There is no curse on old Golgatha, like there was when Jesus died
The crowd has passed away, that stood to watch Him be crucified
Two thousand years have come and gone since that day on Calvary
But the blood that flows from God’s own Son, it’s till setting sinners free
On Cal’vry’s hill of sorrow
Where sin’s demands were paid,
And rays of hope for tomorrow
Across our path were laid.
I see a crimson stream of blood,
It flows from Calvary,
Its waves which reach the throne of God,
Are sweeping over me.
I wish you all, those who are a part of our fellowship in Gateshead and those of the wider audience, who read or listen to the devotions a very happy Easter.