After they had nailed him to the cross,
the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.
Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there.
Matthew 27:35-36 NLT
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“It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross;
it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father,
to do his Father’s will—and it was his love for sinners like me.”
D.A. Carson
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He knew the price of those sins was death.
He knew the source of those sins was you,
and since he couldn’t bear the thought of eternity without you,
he chose the nails.
So Jesus himself swung the hammer.
The same hand that stilled the seas stills your guilt.
The same hand that cleansed the Temple cleanses your heart.
The hand is the hand of God.
The nail is the nail of God.
And as the hands of Jesus opened for the nail,
the doors of heaven opened for you.
Nails didn’t hold God to a cross. Love did!
Max Lucado
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You were dead because of your sins
and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away.
Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.
He canceled the record of the charges against us
and took it away by nailing it to the cross.
Colossians 2:13-14 NLT
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