Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out - John 19:34
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Reflecting on the Gospel passage, where the dead body of our Lord Jesus Christ was pierced by a Roman soldier's lance and buried in a borrowed tomb. It moves me to the core of the wounds and pains that I've inflicted upon my Saviour, each time I harboured sin in my heart, my mind and my spirit. Whether it's the spirit of unforgiveness, the spirit of lust or even the spirit of envy. These are the unholy spirits that quenches the work of the Holy Spirit in my heart, my mind and spirit, and profanes my body, mind & spirit, which is supposed to be the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
As Isaiah wrote in his famous chapter on the Suffering Servant: "He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account. Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isa 53:3-6 NRSVCE)
I'll close this short reflection with one of my favourite songs by Hillsong: Man of Sorrows.
Man of Sorrows
Verse 1
Man of sorrows, Lamb of God
By His own betrayed
The sin of man and wrath of God
Has been on Jesus laid
Verse 2
Silent as He stood accused
Beaten, mocked, and scorned
Bowing to the Father's will
He took a crown of thorns
Chorus
Oh, that rugged cross my salvation
Where Your love poured out over me
And now my soul cries out hallelujah
Praise and honor unto Thee
Verse 3
Sent of heaven God's own Son
To purchase and redeem
And reconcile the very ones
Who nailed Him to that tree
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge
Now my debt is paid
It is paid in full
By the precious blood
That my Jesus spilled
Now the curse of sin
Has no hold on me
Whom the Son sets free
Oh is free indeed
(Repeat Bridge)
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 4
See the stone is rolled away
Behold the empty tomb
Hallelujah, God be praised
He's risen from the grave
(Repeat Chorus)
Listen to song here
Copyright
CCLI Song # 6476063
Song writers: Brooke Fraser & Matt Crocker
Reflection on John 19:31-42 by Chris Tan
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