That's what they did to my Savior

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Betrayed. Denied. Falsely accused. Tried. Condemned. Convicted. Rejected. Ridiculed. Persecuted. Mocked. Beaten. Bruised. Scourged. Flogged. Whipped. Ripped. Split open. Spit upon. Slapped. Hit. Shamed. Nailed. Hung. Yelled at. Scorned. Despised. Shunned. Scoffed at. Pierced. Plotted against....


That's what they did to my Savior! 


While He... was lead to His death, He was as silent as a lamb before them. And while hanging in agony upon the tree that held Him, He pleaded with His Father, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do"........ 


WHO, but a Savior, does that?!


"They" weren't the only ones that did this. WE did it too! I did! And He died anyway... knowing we would!


I remember a long ago Sunday morning. I was by myself. Driving old winding country roads to the old country church that I grew up in where my parents still attended. I was living a lie, I was ensnared by the enemy, caught in an evil trap, doing things that I knew better to do because a Christian is taught not to do them... And yet, I was doing it anyway, but hiding it. All the while, still wearing the fake facade, the masquerade, still pretending to be what I wasn't, being a full-fledged hypocrite and hating myself for it. On that morning driving toward that church I heard this song below play on my radio... and the agony of the reality while I listened and tears streamed is what started the change in me. I couldn't bear the thought of hurting (again) the Savior Who died to set me free! 

Does He Still Feel the Nails

by Ray Botlz

They tell me Jesus died

For my transgressions

That He paid that price a long, long time ago

When He gave His life for me

On a hill called Calvary

But there's something else I want to know

(Chorus)

Does He still feel the nails

Every time I fail

Can He hear the crowd cry "Crucify" again

Am I causing Him pain

Then I know I've got to change

I just can't bear the thought of hurting Him.

It seems that I'm so good at breaking promises

And I treat His precious grace so carelessly

But each time He forgives

What if He re-lives

The agony He felt on that tree

(Chorus)

Does He still feel the nails

Every time I fail

Can He hear the crowd cry "Crucify" again

Am I causing Him pain

Then I know I've got to change

I just can't bear the thought of hurting Him.

Holy Holy

Holy is the Lord

Holy Holy

Holy is the Lord

Do You still feel the nails

Every time I fail

Have I crucified You, Jesus, with my sins

I really want to change

I never want to hurt you again


Holy Holy
Holy is the Lord
Holy Holy
Holy is the Lord

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