✝️ NEVER FORGET WHAT HELD HIM THERE
The cross was not a tragic accident.
It was not Rome’s power.
It was not the nails.
It was a decision made in love.
Jesus was not overpowered — He was willing.
At any moment, He could have stepped down.
But He stayed… because love chose to stay.
“Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.”
— John 10:17–18 (KJV)
🔨 LOVE, NOT NAILS, KEPT HIM ON THE CRO... more✝️ NEVER FORGET WHAT HELD HIM THERE
The cross was not a tragic accident.
It was not Rome’s power.
It was not the nails.
It was a decision made in love.
Jesus was not overpowered — He was willing.
At any moment, He could have stepped down.
But He stayed… because love chose to stay.
“Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.”
— John 10:17–18 (KJV)
🔨 LOVE, NOT NAILS, KEPT HIM ON THE CROSS
The nail reminds us of the cost —
but it was love that held Him there.
Jesus endured the cross knowing:
The rejection
The suffering
The weight of our sin
Yet He did not turn away.
“Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame…”
— Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)
That “joy” was not the pain —
it was the redemption of sinners.
🌿 THIS WAS GOD’S PLAN, NOT MAN’S VICTORY
What looked like defeat was actually fulfillment.
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities…”
— Isaiah 53:5 (KJV)
The cross was where:
👉Justice was satisfied
👉Sin was paid for
👉Grace was revealed
👉Love did what nails never could.
🤲 A PERSONAL QUESTION WE ALL MUST FACE
If love held Him there…
what will you do with that love?
The cross demands more than emotion —
it demands a response.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
— John 15:13 (KJV)
📢 THE GOSPEL MESSAGE — FOR THE LOST
Here is the good news that saves — simple, powerful, and true:
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel…
How that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried,
And that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:1–4 (KJV)
Salvation is not earned.
It is not maintained by works.
It is received by believing in Jesus Christ and His finished work.
When you get saved, God gives you eternal life — fully paid for by the cross.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
— Romans 5:8 (KJV)
✨ FINAL THOUGHT
The nail reminds us of the pain.
The cross reveals the love.
The resurrection proves the victory.
Never forget what held Him there. ❤️
✠ Sir John Scivoletti ✠
✠ Turco Joan of Arc Priory ✠
✠✠Act and God will Act (Actus et Deus Act)✠✠
