Jesus died for me

 *Jesus Died For Our Sins!* 

Lent is a time when we reflect and meditate on the suffering of Jesus while doing the Stations of the Cross.

Let us know the fact about the suffering and death of Jesus on the Cross.                                                    

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to the death penalty. At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst criminals condemned to be crucified. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus, for unlike other criminals condemned to death by crucifixion. Jesus was nailed to the cross by His hands and feet, rather than tied.

Jesus was 5 ' 11" tall and His weight was = 85 kgs.

His Cross which He carried was heavy and its Weight was = 150 kg. Length was = 15 feet and Breath was = 8 feet.

The NAILS which Roman Soilders put in his hands and feet was : 3/4 inch thick and its length was 8 inch.

The nails were driven into His wrist. Not into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The Roman guards knew that when the nails were being hammered into the Wrist, that tendon would tear and break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support himself, so that He could breathe. Both of His feet were nailed together. Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single nail that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could not support himself with His legs for long because of the pain, so He was forced to alternate between arching His back and using his legs just to continue to breathe. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage. Jesus endured this reality for over three hours.  

Yes, over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of suffering? A few minutes before He died, Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water from his wounds. From common images we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His side. But do we remember the many wounds  made to his body. A hammer driving large nails through the wrists, the feet overlapped and a nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear. And before the nails and the spear, Jesus was whipped and

beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. The beating so horrific that His face was torn and his beard ripped from His face.

17 Thorns pierced Jesus head which was two to three inch long which cut deeply into His scalp. Most men would not have survived this torture.   

He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His 

wounds.The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters (just less than a gallon) of blood. 

Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood. All these without mentioning the humiliation. He passed after carrying His own cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones.

Jesus had to endure this experience, so that you may have free access to God. So that your sins can be "washed" away. Do not believe that He only died for others. He died for you! 

Accept  the reality, the truth, that JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD.  

Yes, I love God. He is my source of life and my Saviour. He keeps me alive and safe, both day and night.  

Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13.

Jesus stumbled and fell to the ground 3 times while carrying His cross to Golgotha.. He was very thirsty and He suffered for 17 hours longing for water.

There were 5480 wounds all over in Jesus' Body.

There were 150 Deep wounds  on His Back alone.

350 Soldiers and 50 Horsemen dragged Jesus wiping, beating on the streets of Jerusalem..

According to Jew's Calendar..Jesus Died on..Ak Aboorve Konjeetha 785 ,  Nisaan 15...

According to our Calendar Jesus Died on April 7, BC 30.

The meaning of the Latin Word written on the cross INRI..

I  -IESUS

N -NAZARENE

R  -REXO

I   -IDONEUS

Means.. Jesus the Nazarene the King Of the Jews.

Luke a Doctor, certified the DEATH OF JESUS. HE DIED FOR OUR SINS. Let us adore Him.