okay. something which seem to struck me during QT earlier. gonna share it with ya all, something i learnt from Max Lucado's book, He Chose the Nails. there's too much good points from the book but i'll just share this one.

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Yes, Jesus took our sins with Him to the cross and nailed it there.

On the cross, Jesus turns His face toward the nail just as the soldier lifts the hammer to strike it. Couldn't the son of God stop him? Jesus could just simply have clenched His fist. Is this not the same hand that stilled the sea? Cleansed the temple? Summon the dead?

But Christ doesn't clench His fist, and the moment isn't aborted.

So why? Why didn't Jesus resist?

"Because He loved us," we say. yes its true. but there is more to the reason. He saw something that we couldn't see. He saw something that made Him stay. No lah, He didnt see you. haha. wished He did eh? He saw the hand of God, the very hand that created us, and beneath that hand, lay the list of our sins.

That is why He refused to close His fist. That was why He refused to resist, and by all of my wisdom i tell ya He could have just snapped His fingers and the one who was on the cross would be one of the Pharisees instead. He knew the price of those sins was death. And He knew that the source of those sins was you, and since He cant bear the thought of eternity without you, He choose the nails.

The hand squeezing the handle was not a Roman infantryman.
The force behind the hammer as not an angry mob.
The verdict behind the death was not decided by jealous Jews.
Jesus Himself choose the nails.

You know should the soldier hesistated, Jesus Himself would have swung the mallet. He knew how; the driving of nails is nothing alien to Him. As a carpenter He knew what it took. As a Saviour He knew what it meant. He knew that the purpose of the nail was to place your sins where they could be hidden by His sacrifice and covered by His blood.

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.