DEFINITION OF TERMS

BLOOD
LAMB
LAMB OF GOD
WORD
TESTIMONY
TESTIMONY, TABERNACLE OF
MARTYR
DEATH

“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabaacthani” He cried,
My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? (1)
On the stroke of the ninth hour he died
Rejected, cruelly nailed to the God deserted tree.
My Jesus, shedding his blood for me.

To Gethsemane he came, the holy one
Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me;
Yet not my will, but yours be done. (2)
For I’ll ever be obedient, until you set me free.

Being in anguish he prayed more earnestly,
His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. (3)
The disciples exhausted, slept on peacefully.
Returning from his prayers, by Jesus they were found.
My Jesus, he shed his blood for me.

While he was still speaking a crowd came up, (4)
Included traitor Judas, with whom he did sup.
The chief priests, officers, soldiers and all,
They arrested him, for that was their call.

At the chief priests house they questioned him,
Spit in his face and struck him with their fists. (5)
The cup of his blood now overflowing its rim,
Grieving eyes closing, seeing through mists.
My Jesus, again he shed his blood for me.

So Jesus, my Saviour, to Pilate was now taken,
His determination to do God’s will, never shaken.
“Are you the king of the Jews?” (6) Pilate demanded,
“Yes it is as you say”. (6) My Saviour then remanded.

“What crime has he committed?” (7) The people, they were consulted.
“Crucify him! Crucify him!” (7) The rabble cried out loud.
Then he released Barabbas to them, (8) Pilate’s feelings most insulted,
While he had Jesus flogged, (8) simply to please the crowd.
A third time, my Jesus shed his blood for me.

Seven hundred years before that terrible day,
Through the prophet Isaiah my Jesus did say,
“I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting”, (9)
To happen to Jesus, God’s son, was not befitting.

“I offered my back to those who beat me,
My cheeks to those who pulled out my beard.” (10)
With beard gone, Oh God, how could it be,
So intense the pain, more than he had feared.
Four times, my Jesus shed his blood for me.

Then the Governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium. (11)
No peace for him there, no place to rest, was no sanatorium,
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, (12)
Preparing my Jesus to die, out on that awful limb.

They twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head, (13)
They put a staff in his right hand, (13) for truly he was the righteous king.
They used the staff to beat the thorns in deeper and deeper instead,
Struck him on the head again and again, (14) making worse his suffering.
Five times, my Jesus shed his blood for me.

Under the weight of the cross, voice slurred,
“My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth”, (15)
Step by step weakening, as he headed south.

Hung on to the cross, “they pierced my hands and my feet.” (16)
At The Place of the Skull. There they offered Jesus wine to drink. (17)
The time was coming near, with his Father again to meet.
His blood poured out, his body near death, it began to shrink.
Six times, my Jesus shed his blood for me.

Darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, (18)
An ‘awe-full’, fearsome display of God’s fury and power!
With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last, (19)
His worldly pain, now a thing of the past.

The soldiers came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, (20)
So now there was no need to break his legs.
A lunging spear into his side, spewing forth blood so red,
All poured out, right down to the dregs.
This final time, Jesus shed all his blood for me.

Yes, seven times my Jesus shed his blood for me,
Receiving from the Father, forgiveness of all my sin.
He came to earth; he died, forever to set me free,
He opened the heavenly gates, now to welcome me in.
All because, seven times, Jesus shed his blood for me.

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David Tait: 20 January 2000
My thanks to Dr Derek Prince for his insights
in discovering and teaching this truth.
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(1) Matthew 27:46
(2) Luke 22:42
(3) Luke 22:44
(4) Luke 22:47
(5) Matthew 26:67
(6) Matthew 27:11
(7) Matthew 27:22-23
(8) Matthew 27:26
(9) Isaiah 50:6
(10) Isaiah 50:6
(11) Matthew 27:27
(12) Matthew 27:28
(13) Matthew 27:29
(14) Matthew 27:30
(15) Psalm 22:15
(16) Psalm 22:16
(17) Matthew 27:33-4
(18) Mark 15:33
(19) Mark 15:37
(20) John 9:33

The next step in our walk with Jesus, having first experienced the saving grace of the blood of Jesus, is to seek the empowerment of the Holy Spirit as an everyday spiritual reality in our life. For we need to release His power in order that He might truly be our comforter, guide and friend on a daily basis.

Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice. I give my all to you.

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