MARK 15:15. “And so Pilate, willing to content the people….” “THE PEOPLE!” “They clothed Him with purple”, this One from one high, In mockery scorned Him, they wanted to die The One who could save them if only they cried; But No, they refused Him, this One from on high.
“They platted a crown of thorns”, on His head it was pressed, In mockery they bowed before the One who had blessed Their children, their sick ones, their lame and oppressed; But O, they denied Him nor His name would confess.
“They smote Him on the head” with a reed in their hand, In mockery spit on Him, that vile Roman band. And bowing their knees with the scorn of the damned; And then led Him out, that Holiest of men.
“They compel one Simon”, His cross to lay hold, In mockery led Him like a sheep from the fold, To the place called Golgotha, “the skull” we are told; And then crucified Him, Christ Jesus the Lord.
“O God of all righteousness, holiness and truth. I am so overwhelmed with the thought that a cowardly man who wanted to content the people, could pass a judgment so unrighteous and false and yet Thou hast brought such blessing to me from that place. The place where they nailed Him, mocked Him, humiliated Him and rejected Him, became a place of blessing for me. The place where righteous justice was carried out in full and resulted in His death, is the place where life for me really began. I don’t know what to say Father, except a thousand “thanks”, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.”