He Was Numbered Among Transgressors For You!
The Bible says that our Lord was numbered with the transgressors(Isa. 53:12). Literally, when He died He did so as one condemned of a capital crime. He was executed along with two other criminals. They were guilty of being thieves and were executed with our Lord. Think, not only of His great pain in the terrible execution of the cross, but of His being numbered with criminals. Think of the shame of your being written in the headlines of our newspapers and of your being on the T.V news as being guilty of a capital offense. He was willing to be falsely charged and condemned along with great shame because of His desire to free His elect from true guilt and shame that follows guilt. He took the shame, that is the spitting, the accusing, the nakeness, the public reproach upon Himself for our sins. He was numbered among the transgressors so that you could be numbered among the saints. He was numbered among the transgressors so that you could be numbered among the ruling aristocracy of His kingdom on earth! Praise Him today with all of your heart!