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A SCARLET ROBE
To Bill Mathies

Easter
GOOD FRIDAY

Matthew 27:27-29 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [KJV]

They couldn't find a reason
To order our savior's death;
To many ignored prophets
That foretold our Lord's last breath.
They made prophet's words come true,
Gave Him to His enemy;
He was really innocent
But those men found Him guilty.
When they had finished with Him
He hung lifeless on the cross;
A friend asked for His body,
Bought linen, wrapped up his loss.

He was carried to a tomb
That was cut from a rock wall;
But God raised Him from the dead
And His friends witnessed it all.
So believers united,
Carried His story 'round the globe;
Told about a thorny crown,
A stick, and a scarlet robe.

By Caryl Ramsdale
Copyright©1999-2004
'tears in a bottle collection'

midi "GENTLE SHEPHERD" permission
Newsong Online.com

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