The Path of the Cross

It began in the garden, with followers gathered round
The sound Roman soldiers feet pounding the ground
Betrayal poured out with the kiss of Judas
This was the path of the cross

His captors led him to the courts of Pilate
The crowds of people shouted with hate
Silently he stood before the accusers 
Submitting Majesty to his abusers

This was the path of the Cross

He was beaten , bruised, and crowned with thorns
Mocked and spit upon, his robe ripped and torn
With a cross on his back, forced to walk up the hill
The crowd jeered on as he swallowed Sin’s bitter pill
Christ took on Sin’s bitter pill

The sound of hammers ripped through the crowd
The view of Mary weeping out loud
They hoisted him up for all to see
Not knowing his death would set them free
Not knowing his death would set them free

He did this for me

As the creator grasped to take each breath
Reaching up to God before his death
He pleaded “Father forgive them” “They know not what they do”
It was for us he was dying, For me and for you….

So they carried him off to a special tomb
The Son of God, born of Mary’s womb
Wrapped up in linen clothes made for death
His followers believing He had breathed his last breath

The stone rolled in place, where it sat for three days
While the light from the sun was hidden they say
The vale on the temple had been torn apart
Giving man access to God’s holy court

Then in a moment, the blink of an eye
The stone rolled away, and light split the sky
The guards fell back, as if they were dead
As Christ conquered death, and rose living instead

Much more could be said about this amazing event
How Christ was seen by the disciples he had sent
Thomas had felt the nail holes in his hand
As Christ brought salvation to our land

So the path of the cross, though filled with grief
Led to mankind’s hope and relief
From the penalty of sin we all had in our soul
Christ’s death on the cross has made us whole.

He went back to heaven to prepare us a place
To bring us to heaven and experience God’s grace
So that we could live in his kingdom there
And be fully surrounded by His hand of care.

John 14:1-6
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.