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BLOGWORDS – Friday 18 April 2014

only ‘cept it’s Saturday… So, I missed my Blog Day. So, crucify me…..
Ohhhh….. Crucify. That reminds me, anybody remember Who was crucified yesterday? Well, yesterday about 2000 years ago. Yeah, Jesus, that Dude. And does anybody remember why?
Well, THERE’S a can of worms. Why was Jesus crucified? ‘Cause He was such a hardened criminal? Nah, don’t think so. ‘Cause He was subversive, committed all manner of white collar crimes? Wait, they didn’t even wear collars back then. Was He a liar, a petty thief? What did He do that was so horrific it warranted death? And not just a quick little ol’ lethal injection or a current of mega volts. No, He suffered one of the most inhumane and torturous deaths ever invented by man.

But what was His crime?
He loved.

That’s what He did.
Which begs the question, why would anybody want to crucify someone for loving them? How much sense does that make? What was WRONG with those people?
Good question. I’m glad you asked.
It wasn’t the people who were reacting. No person in their right mind is going to reject love, let alone kill someone for it.
Yes, I’m talking about the devil. Remember him, from the Garden of Eden? Yeah, same despicable slimy character. Telling the same lies to anyone who will listen.

See that? … to those who will listen?
See, he’s subtle. He starts with niggling little questions. Like, did God really say that? Are you sure you’re really saved / healed / blessed / fill in your own doubt? When God says I’m a princess, the enemy comes back at me with, “Look at your rags. You’re no princess, you’re just a Cinderella. You’ll never be worth anything. You’re nothing but a failure…..” [and yes, that was what he threw at me for years] No wonder I couldn’t accomplish anything! No wonder I didn’t know, couldn’t identify, who I am in Christ!

But God.
God loved me enough, from the beginning of time I might add, to devise a plan (also from the beginning of time, ‘cause He knew we’d need it) to save me from those lies. So, when Jesus was hanging there, dying, He was looking through time, saying, “This is for you, Robin. I love you.”

I mean, didn’t He say to His Father regarding those who put Him up there, “Forgive them.”?
That’s love.
And that’s what the enemy doesn’t like. That’s what the enemy has tried from the beginning of time to destroy. And that’s what he just doesn’t get.
He can’t destroy it. He’ll come at us in a million ways, but he can’t destroy the love of God.
The Pharisees and religious rulers of the day didn’t get that. They believed a set of lies the enemy had sold them. They were all about rules, but they had no love in their hearts. The devil played them, and they carried out his scheme.

But it didn’t conquer God. And it didn’t make the devil king over nothing! God is still Lord of lords and King of kings. And the devil is still nothing but a liar and a thief.
So it’s our choice, we get to align ourselves with the devil, and his lies, or with Papa God, who loves us – and died to prove it. The enemy will never offer a relationship, he pretends to be a friend but he’ll bail every time. Jesus stands at the door and knocks, waiting for us to invite Him in, waiting patiently I might add. His is the sweetest most sincere friendship you could imagine. I know, He’s my best friend.
And that’s why He was crucified. So I could be His Princess and friend.