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April 3rd, morning. So they took Jesus and he went out. John chapter 19 verses 16-17.
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He had spent the night in agony, and in the early morning he was hurried from the hall
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of Caiaphas to Pilate, from Pilate to Herod, and from Herod back again to Pilate. Consequently,
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his strength was almost gone, but he was granted neither food nor rest. They were eager for his blood,
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and therefore led him out to die, burdened with a cross. At this sad procession, the women wept,
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and my soul weeps in turn. What do we learn here, as we see our blessed Lord,
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led forth? Do we not perceive the truth, which was foreshadowed in the scapegoat? Remember how the
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high priests brought the scapegoat and put both his hands upon its head, confessing the sins of
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the people, so that those sins might be transferred from the people and laid upon the goat?
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Then the goat was led away into the wilderness, and it carried away the sins of the people,
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so that if they looked for them, they could not be found.
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Now we see Jesus brought before the priests and rulers who pronounce Him guilty.
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God Himself imputes our sins to Him. The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
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He made Him to be sin. And as the substitute for our guilt, bearing our sin upon His shoulders,
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represented by the cross, we see the great scapegoat led away by the appointed officers of justice.
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Beloved, can you feel assured that He carried your sin?
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As you look at the cross upon His shoulders, does it represent your sin?
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There is one way by which you can tell whether He carried your sin or not.
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Have you laid your hand upon His head? Confess your sin and trust it in Him.
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Then your sin no longer lies on you. It has all been transferred by blessed imputation to Christ,
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and He bears His on His shoulders as a load heavier than the cross.
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Do not allow this picture to disappear until you have rejoiced in your own deliverance,
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and bowed in a doering wander before the Redeemer upon whom your iniquities were laid.
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The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
