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The whipping post
THE POWER OF THE CROSS
Those that have seen the movie “The Passion of the Christ” can attest to the
obvious suffering that Jesus went through. We read in 1 Peter 2:24 “He him­
self bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins, and
live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.” We can see
the front of the cross is for our sins to be forgiven and the back of the cross
is for our healing. Jesus paid for disease and sickness to be healed.
The crown of thorns
Mark 15:17 says, “They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a
crown of thorns and set it on him.” The curse to man after the fall was that
he would toil by the sweat of his brow to just eat. Also, the land would be
cursed and bring forth thorns and thistles. Before the fall of man, the original
text seems to indicate that Adam would weed and cultivate the Garden of
Eden. This was not toil, but it was joyful labor. We all have a garden to culti­
vate. Our garden is what we are called to do for the Lord. We will never truly
be satisfied until we are doing that. But there is difference between joyful
labor and toil. If we are toiling, we are striving and it is very frustrating. Toil
implies that something is working against us, making provision difficult. I
believe the curse of poverty was broken by the crown of thorns. The Lord
wants our labor for him to be joyful and free from frustration. This is certainly
not to imply that we will not have trials, persecution because of the gospel,
and face spiritual warfare. This is part of the Christian life. If we are walking
in obedience to what we are called to do, we should be seeing fruit, provi­
sion from the Lord and a lack of frustration in our labor.
Nails in the hands
In Mark 16:18 we read “they will place their hands on the sick people, and
they will get well.” We also see in Matthew 10:1 Jesus “gave them authority
to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.” Jesus paid
for there to be a tremendous amount of authority and power in our hands.
We should be seeing the supernatural through our hands. If we are not,
something is very wrong. This is very much a common part of Christianity.
We see the “laying on of hands” as listed among the very basics of Christi­
anity in Hebrews 6:1­3. There is also a blessing released on the “works of
our hands” because of Jesus taking the nails in his hands. I don’t know
about you, but I want the works of my hands to be blessed.
Nails in the feet
There is a powerful story of Jesus casting out a legion of demons from a
man in the region of the Gerasenes. The story goes on that as soon as Je­
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