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The
Suffering Messiah
By Kenneth L.
Birks
Born of a
virgin, He came forth with doubt now
shown.
Wrongly
accused of illegitimacy, He came to His
own.
Like a
shining light, He came into the world,
giving hope.
With false
expectations cast, He went forth in His
Father’s will.
Rejected and
tested by religious leaders, He
ministered to fulfill.
With mighty
healing and miracles, He confounded the
wise.
Setting their
traps, they couldn’t catch Him with
their spies.
From a
kingdom perspective, He spoke to those
who heard.
Unprepared,
many couldn’t see nor hear with hearts
blurred.
In parables,
He spoke to those with hearing hearts,
prepared.
Riding on a
colt, they proclaimed Him the coming
King.
Proclaiming a
kingdom from another realm, He
challenged.
With false
expectations, He was rejected as their
King.
With deep
sorrow, those closest to Him slept as He
distressed.
With swords
and clubs in an hour of darkness, they
arrested.
Taken to
authorities, falsely accused, His
disciples fled in fear.
A friend
denying; with sympathy, He saw so dear.
As a lamb led
to slaughter, He was prepared for
sacrifice.
With a crown
of thorns, a purple robe given, they
mocked.
Sentenced to
death, brutally beaten, they were
shocked.
With our sins
and grief bearing down, He hung on the
cross.
Blood
dripping, His Father looking away, He
became sin for us.
Crying in
agony, “Why have You forsaken Me?” He
lost touch.
Giving His
back to smiters, chastised for our
peace, we win.
After three
days from the dead, He rose, freeing us
from sin.
Scriptures to
Meditate Upon
John
8:41-42, 8:48-52, 1:1-5, 14, Luke
17:20-21, Matthew 11:19, Isaiah 50:6-7,
Luke 9: 51, Zechariah 4:6, Acts 1:8,
Ephesians 1:17-22, John 19:1-6, Hebrews
5:8-9, 12:1-2, Isaiah 53:3-10.
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May God
richly bless you as you embrace the
cross of Christ by partaking in the
fellowship of His sufferings. As you
partake of the same cup Jesus shared
with His disciples, may you fulfill all
that He has planned for you.
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