1 Corinthians 15:57 ‘But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.’
DAILY READING Luke 8:1-25; Genesis 12; Psalm 6
Although crucifixion was a common form of capital punishment for criminals and slaves in ancient Rome, it has been hard for archeologists to find actual evidence of it. This was why in 2018, researchers from the universities of Ferrara and Florence in Italy were thrilled to find evidence of a person who was crucified and buried in northern Italy 2,000 years ago. This new finding is only the second time such direct archaeological evidence of crucifixion has been found. The only other time was in 1968, during an excavation of Roman-era tombs in Jerusalem.
Crucifixion was invented by the Persians between 300-400 B.C, and was ‘perfected’ by the Romans. It was often described in historical writings from ancient Roman times. One of the most glaring cases was when Roman soldiers executed 6,000 captured slaves after the revolt led by the gladiator Spartacus in the first century B.C. Crucifixion at that time, was arguably the most painful death, reserved primarily for the most vicious of criminals. It is where the term “excruciating” is derived from.
According to findings from the researches, Roman crucifixions were designed to cause maximum pain for a prolonged period — victims’ feet and wrists were usually nailed to a wooden cross, which would hold them upright while they suffered a slow and agonizing death, often taking several days. As a gesture of “Roman kindness” the prisoner was offered a mixture of vinegar (gall) and wine as a mild anesthetic. According to the Biblical account this anesthetic was refused by Jesus. Consequently, He fully bore all the pain! It is indeed amazing and difficult to grasp the price Jesus paid at Calvary for us.
1 Peter 2:24 says ‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.’
Jesus paid a full price for us at Calvary. He not only paid for our healing, He also paid for every possible affliction men would ever face in this life. The spotless Lamb of God took upon Himself the sins of the world so that we can become the righteousness of God in Him. He was judged so that we would not have to be judged. Before Jesus’ death, we stood guilty in God’s sight doomed and condemned. We were without hope. But that changed when Jesus shed His blood. And that blood today now speaks victory for us.
1 Corinthians 15:57 says ‘But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.’
It doesn’t matter what it is you are confronted with, it doesn’t matter how big or small any negative issue you have to deal with, Christ has already paid for it in the fullest and to the outermost. Our savior suffered every pain to ensure we never have to suffer again in this life. Jesus took our place and suffered for our sake.
2 Corinthians 5:21 states “for He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Today, Christ is no longer on the cross and neither is He in the grave; He is raised up and seated at the right hand of God in heaven. The benefit of the price He paid has legally been credited in our favour. And this is why affliction is not permitted to rise a second time in your life. Indeed through Christ we are born to win in every situation of life.
1 John 5:4 says ‘for everyone born of God overcomes the world’
Through new birth we have been infused with Christ’s overcoming blood. By Him, we are more than conquerors. Indeed through Christ we have triumphed over every negative situation of life.
PRAYER: Father please help me to begin to live in the consciousness of the redemptive benefits Christ won for me at Calvary. Today, by the blood of Jesus I claim my victory over everything challenging my glorious destiny in Jesus Name.
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The tests you are going through in life today is not for your destruction, it is for your testimony. – WORDBITE 222