A Blog by Pastors Frank and Parris Bailey
Isa.52:13-15 - “Look! My servant will prosper and succeed!He will be highly honored, raised up, and greatly exalted!Just as many were appalled at the sight of him(for so marred was his appearance, like an object of horror;he no longer looked like a man),so now he will startle many nations.Kings will be shocked speechless before him.For …
Jn. 19:17-20 - Jesus carried his own cross out of the city to the place called “The Skull,” which in Aramaic is Golgotha. And there they nailed him to the cross. He was crucified, along with two others, one on each side with Jesus in the middle. Pilate had them post a sign over the …
2 Cor.2:14,15 - God always makes his grace visible in Christ, who includes us as partners of his endless triumph. Through our yielded lives he spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere we go. We have become the unmistakable aroma of the victory of the Anointed One to God —a perfume of life …
Matthew 27:27-30. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right …
Jn. 19:19,20 - Pilate had them post a sign over the cross, which was written in three languages—Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. Many of the people of Jerusalem read the sign, for he was crucified near the city. The sign stated: “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. There were so many supposed coincidences that …
John 12:12-15 ¶ The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” And …
JN.18:39,40 - “But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?” So they cried out again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber. The story of Barabbas powerfully pictures the gospel message. …
John 19:28 - After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, “I am thirsty.” Toward the end of the crucifixion Jesus cried out, “I thirst”. He had remained silent through the beating, the mocking, and the crucifixion; why cry out now? There are two things we can …
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. Psalms 22:14 It's impossible to understand the suffering of Christ without understanding what happened at Gethsemane. Jesus was facing suffering the next day, but He was facing much more than the horrific suffering associated with crucifixion. This form of capital punishment …
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live,but Christ lives in me. Gal. 2:20 Crucifixion was a horrible way to die. You actually died of suffocation. The Romans were quite barbaric. For us today, the cross has become more of a religious symbol. We wear crosses as symbols of our faith on …
