The Stigma Of Disgrace

                                          1 Peter 2:24
                         "By whose stripes ye were healed"

         A notable feature of crucifixion was the stigma of disgrace that was attached to it (Galatians 3:13; 5:11, Hebrews 12:2).  One indignity was the humiliation of carrying one's own cross.  After the beating, the soldiers would escort the prisoner through the crowds to the place of crucifixion.  A place-card bearing the indictment  of  "Sinner"  for us which we ourselves would have carried if not for Jesus Christ.  The death sentence we rightly deserve was carried out on Jesus so we could be free of sin.  Who his own self bore 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 (1 Peter 2:24).
        Amen!!

Reading: ( Gal. 3:13; 5:11)
               ( Heb. 12:2)
               ( 1 Pet 2:9-25)

                                     May God Bless You
                                      And Your Families

                                                    Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
                                                    The Cross Life Ministry