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by Geoff Twigg<\/em><\/p>\n

More scorned and scarred than when He came
\nA pinned exhibit on a tree
\nThe Son of Heaven and Lord of earth
\nDivorced from both in agony<\/p>\n

Cut off from God by human sin
\nAbandoned by His frightened friends
\nLove\u2019s final tender Word, on whom
\nCreation\u2019s every breath depends<\/p>\n

So cold the nails that pierce His hands
\nTear skin and bones and worlds apart
\nSin-poisoned thorns and shocking spear
\nWhich probe and test and break His heart.<\/p>\n

None sharper than the mocking tongues
\nWhich praise then raise then bring Him down
\nBarbs guilty shame and fear have formed
\nHate-woven in a cruel crown<\/p>\n

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The struggle done, blood stops, doubts flow;
\nWan, wondering spectators leave
\nAnd Pharisees to worship go
\nFew care, none knows what to believe.<\/p>\n

What fight this single scout has fought!
\nWhat prize is won!
\nWhat crimes He\u2019ll clear!
\nRich ransoms this poor King has bought,
\nWho dies in lonely exile here.<\/p>\n

Geoff Twigg is Adjunct Professor at\u00a0North Park University<\/a>\u00a0in Chicago. Geoff is a pastor, singer\/songwriter, worship leader and ministry consultant, and serves the ECC as a member of the denomination\u2019s Commission on Worship.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Painting: Pietro Lorenzetti (Italian, active Siena 1320-44) The Crucifixion 1340s Tempera and gold leaf on wood Overall 16 1\/2 x 12 1\/2 in. (41.9 x 31.8 cm); painted surface 14 1\/8 x 10 1\/8 in. (35.9 x 25.7 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Gwynne Andrews Fund, 2002 (2002.436) Image: \u00a9 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York<\/em><\/p>\n

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