Stop with the Gimmicks

Imagine. Fully visualize this and put yourself in this place:

You are repeatedly slapped in the face and struck on your body
You are blindfolded and pushed around with beating hands
You are spit upon by many mouths
You are whipped with a whip that tears your skin apart
You are stripped of your clothes
You are struck multiple times in the head with thick, stinging sticks
You have long thorns pushed against and into your head, piercing and tearing the skin
You are mocked and spit on and humiliated
You are forced to drag the implement of your death for all to see
You are exhausted from the beatings, the torture
Your facial hair is ripped out, your face bruised and swollen so it is unrecognizable
Your wrists are pierced through with heavy nails, pinned to the cross
Your ankles are pierced through with heavy nails, pinned to the cross
You are lifted into the air, hanging on wood,
Your body weight draws down, slowly suffocating you, your lungs find it difficult to take in air,
You are naked and mocked and dying...

And you have the power and ability to call down the angels to release you from this torture

Yet,

You do not.

Because you see, Jesus Christ endured this torture, this suffering, this pain--for you.

Did you feel it? Did you see it clearly?

We do not need a gimmick to replace the truth of the crucifixion. The power is in the cross and what Jesus did there. It is still relevant today. Jesus suffered extreme shame, pain, and torture by the hands of his own creation. All in order that we should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Read the truth. You will find it in the Word of God:

Matthew chapters 26 & 27
Mark chapters 14, 15, & 16
Luke chapters 22, 23, 24
John chapters 18, 19, 20, 21