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Not This Man
October 22, 2005"Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber" (John 18:40). Unfortunately, this is the attitude of every generation toward its Creator and Redeemer. Jesus Christ "was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1:10-11). "Not this man!" they cried, and still cry today. "We will not have this man to reign over us" (Luke 19:14). Even in a nation founded as a Christian nation, the name of Jesus Christ is banished from the schools, ignored in the halls of government, and blasphemed on the streets. And whom will they choose instead of "this man"? Then they preferred Barabbas, who was not only a robber, but also a revolutionary and murderer (Luke 23:19). Today, they idolize the atheist Darwin, or the robber Lenin, or the revolutionary Mao, or the murderer Hitler, or any one of a thousand antichrists, but they will not have Christ. What, then, will they do with Christ? "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him" (John 19:15) was the cry even of the religious leaders during His life here on earth, and it is little different today. "Ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you" proclaimed Peter (Acts 3:14). "The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against His Christ" (Acts 4:26). The rejection of Christ today is often more subtle, but it is just as real. Rulers, industrialists, scientists, educators, and commentators all say, in deed, if not in word, that " will not have this man to reign over " (Luke 19:14). "But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name" (John 1:12). HMM
May His blood be upon us.
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THE DAY HE WORE MY CROWN
The city was Jerusalem
The time was long ago
The people called Him Jesus
And the crime was the love He showed
And I'm the one to blame
I caused all the pain
He gave Himself the day
He wore my crown
He brought me love
That only He could give
I brought Him cause to cry
And though He taught me how to live
I taught Him how to die
And I'm the one to blame
I caused all the pain
He gave Himself
The day he wore my crown
He could have called His Holy Father
And said take me away
Please take me away
He could have said I'm not guilty
And l'm not gonna stay
I'm not gonna pay
But He walked right through the gate
And then on up the hill
And as He fell beneath the weight
He cried: "Father not my will"
And I'm the one to blame
I caused all the pain
He gave Himself
The day he wore my crown
www.icr.org
Not This Man
October 22, 2005"Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber" (John 18:40). Unfortunately, this is the attitude of every generation toward its Creator and Redeemer. Jesus Christ "was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1:10-11). "Not this man!" they cried, and still cry today. "We will not have this man to reign over us" (Luke 19:14). Even in a nation founded as a Christian nation, the name of Jesus Christ is banished from the schools, ignored in the halls of government, and blasphemed on the streets. And whom will they choose instead of "this man"? Then they preferred Barabbas, who was not only a robber, but also a revolutionary and murderer (Luke 23:19). Today, they idolize the atheist Darwin, or the robber Lenin, or the revolutionary Mao, or the murderer Hitler, or any one of a thousand antichrists, but they will not have Christ. What, then, will they do with Christ? "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him" (John 19:15) was the cry even of the religious leaders during His life here on earth, and it is little different today. "Ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you" proclaimed Peter (Acts 3:14). "The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against His Christ" (Acts 4:26). The rejection of Christ today is often more subtle, but it is just as real. Rulers, industrialists, scientists, educators, and commentators all say, in deed, if not in word, that " will not have this man to reign over " (Luke 19:14). "But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name" (John 1:12). HMM
May His blood be upon us.
http://www.hanli.org/lyrics-other.htm
THE DAY HE WORE MY CROWN
The city was Jerusalem
The time was long ago
The people called Him Jesus
And the crime was the love He showed
And I'm the one to blame
I caused all the pain
He gave Himself the day
He wore my crown
He brought me love
That only He could give
I brought Him cause to cry
And though He taught me how to live
I taught Him how to die
And I'm the one to blame
I caused all the pain
He gave Himself
The day he wore my crown
He could have called His Holy Father
And said take me away
Please take me away
He could have said I'm not guilty
And l'm not gonna stay
I'm not gonna pay
But He walked right through the gate
And then on up the hill
And as He fell beneath the weight
He cried: "Father not my will"
And I'm the one to blame
I caused all the pain
He gave Himself
The day he wore my crown