JESUS LOVES YOU; DID YOU KNOW?
IT’S TRUE: THE BIBLE TELLS YOU SO.
AND DID YOU KNOW IT ALSO SHOWS,
HOW JESUS TOOK ON HIM YOUR WOES?
HE BORE THE STRIPES WE SHOULD HAVE HAD,
GIV’N BY ROMANS, CRUEL AND BAD.
OF COURSE THE PRIESTS ARE TOO TO BLAME,
WITH PLOTS AND SCHEMES TO BRING HIM SHAME.
THE HOLY WORD RECORDS THEIR CRIME,
THEIR HEARTS OF SPIRITUAL FILTH AND GRIME.
AND DID YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TOLD,
HOW JUDAS LOVED HIM LESS THAN GOLD?
THE LORD’S FRIEND SOLD HIM OUT AND SAID:
“PAY ME IN SILVER; I’LL GIVE YOU HIS HEAD.”
AND WHEN THE MOMENT FELL LIKE DICE,
HIS GOOD FRIEND PETER DENIED HIM THRICE.
IT SPARKS THE QUESTION THAT WE MUST ASK:
“DID CHRIST KNOW THIS WOULD COME TO PASS?”
THE INSPIRED WORD SAYS THAT HE KNEW,
AND OBEYED GOD’S WILL TO SEE IT THROUGH.
BUT WHY WOULD HE ENDURE SUCH HATE?
WHY SUFFER EVIL FOUL AND GREAT?
OPEN HIS HEART LIKE A CRIMSON DOOR;
SEE THAT FROM WITHIN DID POUR,
NOT JUST BLOOD, OR WATER TOO,
BUT AMAZING LOVE FOR ME AND YOU.
~ Matthew