Tag: guilt and shame

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!” (Matthew 27:4)

The amazing thing to me about God is he did not respond to us as the priests responded to Judas.

When we came to God in our guilt and shame, he didn’t say, “What is that to me? See to it yourself.”

Had he done so, we would have been left in despair and death as Judas was.

But instead, God sent his Son.

…he was pierced because of our rebellion,
crushed because of our iniquities;
punishment for our peace was on him,
and we are healed by his wounds.

We all went astray like sheep;
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished him
for the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:5-6)

I’ll never know why you did what you did.
You didn’t have to die, but you did.

You hung on the cross so that I wouldn’t be lost.
You took my place, now you’re pleading my case.

You didn’t have to do it, but I’m glad you did.
You didn’t have to do it, but I’m glad you did.

Crystal Lewis