Easter Poems

The Price Was Paid

Jesus Christ paid it all for you and me on that hill called Calvary.

He spent His blood on that tree, and the cost to you and I is free.

The price was paid for sin you see, but it was the sin of you and me.

Jesus paid the price, yes indeed, and on that day Christ set us free.

God decided in eternity past, to set a price that would forever last.

But there was not a lot to cast, for only Jesus can forgive your past.

Many people were totally aghast to see Christ treated as an outcast.

Although beaten and harassed, His love remained pure and steadfast.

By His own, rejected and accused, and sentenced by that body of Jews.

Understood by just a few, “forgive them as they know not what they do.”

Christ’s cry to God to forgive the Jews echoes today for me and you.

But in light of Scripture when we choose, we know exactly what we do.

I never perused God like I ought and I’m the one whom God had sought.

The Word I wasn’t taught and my knowledge of Him was close to naught.

But all things by God are wrought, no matter what I learned or thought.

Even the unrighteous who vainly fought, by Jesus Christ were bought.

On the cross rejected and downcast, His love is a Heavenly contrast.

His love alone so deep and vast, to this very day goes unsurpassed.

And the souls for evil that Satan amassed, into the fire Christ will cast.

Satan’s evil will soon be past and God’s Righteousness will forever last.

For in the end all will see, and not only those who truly believed.

And all of those who remain deceived will be dealt with accordingly.

His Blood redeemed all who believe and eternal life they will receive.

And His Blood purchased all the deceived to be cast into Hell eternally.

I Stand Redeemed

I stand Redeemed, for through The Blood of The Lord I was bought,
It was on The Cross of Christ that the war for my soul was fought.
He did not come for the righteous, but to seek and save all the lost,
His search did not bring Him treasure; instead it came at great cost.

The Lamb of God for me was slain and crucified upon a bloody cross,
Christ died for me, so that through Eternity I would not suffer loss.
The Son of God came to save but was mocked, scoffed at and despised,
This was by His own, lead by those who were wise in their own eyes.

When they were asked about Jesus, Crucify him! Is what they screamed,
Little did they know that through Christ God was saving the Redeemed.
He was lead to The Cross to die by men who were spiritually deceived,
But there were also men like Nicodemus who saw Christ and believed.

It was for the sins of His people, that The Lord Jesus was stricken.
And then Isaiah says that He was assigned a grave with the wicked.
It wasn't only for Israel He died, for on The Cross He took my place,
And all who like Nicodemus, can be saved through His Wonderful Grace.

Just as The Lord will discard all the wicked of the earth like dross,
The sins of all who believe are covered by The Blood of The Cross.
For ages the prophets looked towards a day of redemption and dreamed,
Now two thousand years later it's at The Cross that I stand Redeemed.

He’s Coming Back In Power

Jesus is coming to set all straight and you may have no time to wait.

For no one knows the day or hour when He’ll return in all His Power.

And every eye will see that day when all His power He does display.

The power He set aside for me when He chose to die upon that tree.

He had the power to save His life but He chose to be our sacrifice.

But unlike a sacrifice that lay dead, The Lord my friend rose again.

And in the view of many men, back up to Heaven Christ did ascend.

As they looked intently in the sky, they may have asked how and why.

Then two angels appeared on the way with the following words to say,

This same Jesus that did ascend is coming back the same way again.

From this you and I should learn we should be looking for His return.

To believers Christ sent His Power to teach about that awesome hour,

Although Christ died, He rose again, to become the Savior of all men.

The power He could have used was a power that He could not lose.

Jesus Christ set aside His Majesty, but as God, retained His Deity.

He will return in Total Majesty and again, every single eye will see.

Many on that day will perish refusing to embrace The Lord we cherish,

As Christ destroys the man of sin, with the brightness of His coming.

While men who wait in every nation, to them He brings His Salvation.

It may be today or tomorrow, so embrace Him now and have no sorrow.

Absent From The Body

Friend, when I take my last breath, I will not be experiencing death,

The death as you may understand, for I belong to The Son of Man.

When absent from this body of death, He will grant me eternal breath.

It was at Calvary upon a tree that Jesus tasted death for you and me.

For just like the believing thief, I will be rewarded for my belief.

Clinging to the words of Christ, I will immediately be in Paradise.

For when I leave this earthly tent, right up to Heaven I’ll be sent.

To joyfully enter Heaven’s Door to be in the presence of my Lord.

Death was swallowed up at Calvary as Christ achieved for us victory.

This victory is over sin and pain, as He grants to us Eternal Gain.

But, this victory is only assured to those who truly know The Lord.

For all those who mock The Lord, eternal punishment is their reward.

To rest in peace is a small lie, for the soul of man does never die.

Those in Jesus Christ, forevermore, will continue to serve The Lord.

And the wicked soul shall endure, in the Lake of Fire forevermore.

And weeping and gnashing of teeth doesn’t sound like restful peace.

The death of Christ upon that tree, guarantees Eternal Life for me.

Rejection of the Love of Calvary will spell for you eternal misery.

By The Lord’s wonderful Grace, He’s prepared for me an Eternal Place.

But friend, if His Truth you despise, your smoke shall forever rise.

Christ Still Redeems

Short and abrupt they seem to be; almost miserable is what it seems,

Filled with discontent and a need, yet they go on with empty dreams.

Searching alone to fill their need, they fall into many evil schemes,

But look to your Eternal needs, and you’ll find Christ still redeems.

This life is filled with vanity, chasing dreams that just won’t be,

Pursuing dreams of vanity, your heart and life will remain empty.

But Christ came that we may have life, and have it more abundantly,

Yes He gives you life abundantly, step out in faith and you will see.

God knows your needs, it is true, and it doesn’t matter what you do,

Seek first God’s Kingdom and all of your needs will be given to you,

Once you’re in Christ old things fade, and He makes all things new,

He’s coming back to take you to a new place He’s prepared for you.

Many are walking the empty and deceptive road of self gratification,

Although satisfied for a time, they will face eternal condemnation.

There is another road to select, with a sure everlasting foundation,

This road is free of man’s deception and it leads to God’s Salvation.

Busy at life taking care of needs, I didn’t need God, so it seemed,

But life can be quite empty indeed, trying to be one who’s esteemed.

Now that I’m saved and doing God’s deeds, never once had I dreamed,

That I would be attempting to lead you to be one of God’s Redeemed.

That Old Rugged Cross

That cross so simple in design, spans throughout all of time.

As simple as that cross may be, it reaches well into eternity.

A wooden beam upon a tree, lifted high on Mount Calvary.

For all the saints of the past, it capped a hope that will last.

As that hope they waited for, was fulfilled through our Lord.

For the saints of latter years, it would conquer all our fears,

As death was swallowed in victory, on that cross at Calvary.

Today the cross of Jesus Christ, can grant victory to any life.

From that single horrific place, God began this age of Grace.

While many were dismayed, the Love of God was displayed.

By God, Christ was shunned, as wrath was sent on His Son.

Wrath meant for you and me, which was poured at Calvary.

God’s own Son bearing disgrace; a sinless lamb in our place.

In agony Christ was seized, until God’s anger was appeased,

As Christ paid the ultimate price, becoming for all a sacrifice.

He died and bled on the cross, washing away our sinful dross.

The sinless man bearing the cost, to bring to God, sinners lost.

And all who come to Jesus Christ, by the cross gain New Life,

As that bloody cross of Calvary, leads all men towards Eternity.

That rugged, yet simple design, has truly stood the test of time.

Christ Became a Spectacle

The Lord was hung upon a tree, to become a spectacle for all to see.

Jesus became that spectacle, on the hill of Calvary to be seen by all.

Christ was left to die upon that hill, left to die like a common criminal.

Soldiers came to seize The Lord, and each one with a club or sword.

Accused of subverting the nation; when He come to bring Salvation.

Accused then sentenced to die, yet, from His mouth came not one lie.

Crucify him, crucify him, was their cry, it was Jesus, they said must die.

Placed on his head with angry scorns, was a mocking crown of thorns.

Accused of what He didn’t commit, yet to their authority He did submit.

Christ was beat and was flogged, and this by one angry religious mob.

Many jeered and spat upon Him, and mocked the One who had no sin.

The very Lord of love and grace, was rebuked and struck on the face.

At Jesus Christ all the rulers sneered, while the angry mobs just jeered.

Insults were heaped upon The Lord, insults that Christ had just ignored.

With a staff He was struck on the head, and this Christ did in our stead.

Rejected and despised by those, who then stripped Him of His clothes.

After they were done their probe, upon Christ they placed a purple robe.

Reverence for God was disposed, as they cast lots for Christ’s clothes.

Although no guilt in Him was found, by these men The Lord was bound.

After Christ was scorn and beat, these men pierced His hands and feet.

A soldier’s spear was thrust in His side, upon the cross where He died.

Abandoned by His closest friends, and left all alone to die in the end.

That betrayal of Judas with a kiss, for us will become an Eternal Bliss.

From men’s temporal evil pleasure, we received an Eternal Treasure.

Christ Suffered For Us

Jesus Christ had suffered and died, while His accusers all survived,

The accusers cheered as they said; on the cross the Savior is dead.

Christ was accused of The Truth, which His enemy could not refute.

With a crown of thorns on His head, Christ said forgive them instead.

Saying they know not what they do, as The Lord died for me and you.

At the sight of the earthquake, at the cross one centurion then spake;

He exclaimed with a reverent nod, surely Christ was the Son of God.

Friend with a nail deep in His side, for all sins Christ Jesus had died.

His body that night was then laid, by Joseph into his newly cut grave.

But some feared in their heart, that from the grave He would depart.

So a stone was rolled to the door, this in order to stop the risen Lord.

But Christ did exactly what He said, and Christ was no longer dead.

Fulfilled was Jonah’s prophecy, when Jesus rose again for all to see.

The stone was rolled from the tomb, thus sealing His accusers doom.

With that tomb left opened wide, His resurrection can not be denied.

But accusers exist to this day, those not believing what God did say.

Jesus did as He said my friend, and He’s coming back to do it again.

And when He comes back friend, every single eye will see in the end.

Even those who pierced Him will see, that He is The God of Eternity.

If you believe He was pierced for you, you’ll be raised into Glory too.

He’s coming back first in the clouds, to return within His holy crowds.

He prepared a place for His own, and is coming to take us all home,

While those who scoff in unbelief, will depart into darkness and grief.

Will you be in the scoffing crowds, or with The Lord in those clouds?

He Died To Give

Christ died to give men a peace, which goes beyond this crazy world,

And inside our heart it will increase, as the message to all we herald.

It is a peace that will never cease, as Eternity by The Lord is unfurled.

So this Blessed Gospel of Peace, is to be told throughout this world.

Man can have peace with God above, by the work on Calvary’s cross,

For the world by God was so loved, that He sent Jesus for sinners lost.

God turned away in Heaven above, as Christ shouldered all our dross.

It was Christ’s immeasurable Love, that led Him to death on the cross.

Through the cross and all its shame, man goes from death to New Life.

Christ was The Lamb with no blame, offered by God as the only price,

To cleanse all of our guilt and shame, caused by our sin and our strife.

And all men are saved by the Name, of God’s Only Son Jesus Christ.

In Jesus Christ I have been set free, from the bondage caused by sin,

For on the cross Christ died for me, and my freedom is found in Him.

Christ became a curse upon a tree; The Lamb of God who had no sin.

Jesus Christ laid His life down for me, now it’s my heart He lives within.

It was all by God’s Amazing Grace, That His Only Son was crucified,

That Christ came to take my place, and on that cross for me He died.

God’s Word of Truth I did embrace, and now His Truth reigns inside.

Soon in the clouds I’ll see His face, and on that day shall be glorified.

Christ also died for you my friend, upon that bloody cross of Calvary,

Christ did this so you could spend, your life with Him through Eternity.

Our mortal mind can’t comprehend; our life lived with Christ Eternally,

But He is the beginning and the end, believe on Him and you will see.

The Heart of The Cross

The heart of the cross of Calvary, is God’s Salvation for you and me.

Through The Lord’s temporal pain, He achieved for us Eternal gain.

The bloody death of Jesus Christ, was for all men God’s Sacrifice.

Christ’s atoning work on the cross, saves all men from eternal loss.

Through the death of Jesus Christ, God offers all men Eternal Life.

The very heart of the cross is Love, and sent to all from God above.

On the cross upon His face, men could see God’s amazing Grace.

The heart of God’s Love for men, reaches into a world condemned.

On the cross the world could see, in The Son, God’s arm of mercy.

From that hill, a darkened place, men could see the Light of Grace.

The cross’s power’s not diminished, for by Jesus alone it’s finished.

The very heart of God’s Plan, was the reconciliation of sinful man.

The heart of it all is redemption, and you friend, are no exemption.

Upon the cross Christ died for all, to redeem man from Adam’s fall.

Christ my friend is God’s Salvation, not for one, but for every nation.

With His blood He purchased men, and not just some but all of them.

However, the heart of man is cold, and they scoff the message is old.

No one ever died for me they say, and so they go on their sinful way.

The cross of Christ will never be filled, as man follows his selfish will,

But selfless is the heart of Christ, as He died to give men Eternal Life.

In A World That Stands Condemned

In a world that stands condemned, The Grace of God appeared to men.

And this Grace that brings Salvation has appeared unto every nation.

Through God’s ultimate sacrifice men can come to God through Christ.

For His work upon the cross was not for the righteous but the lost.

For God who is Love above all, did not leave man alone after his fall.

Man was separated from God above and saved by His matchless Love.

Since He died for sinful mankind the Love of God can not be denied.

Sin caused a total separation between man and The God of creation.

We were Separated from a Holy Lord, but by no means totally ignored.

As Christ came as Savior and Lord, to have God’s fellowship restored.

God’s wrath meant for us was endured on the cross by our Dear Lord.

And as the capstone of the Law, God sent His Only Son to die for all.

The Law by God was put in place to show all men we need His Grace.

Man’s righteousness is a facade and all fall short of the Glory of God.

The righteousness we must achieve is in Christ alone you must believe.

God’s Righteousness is in Christ, as He’s the One who paid the price.

It was God’s foreknowledge and plan to use the cross to redeem man.

For when we were spiritually dead Christ died for all in our stead.

The Lord sent The Righteous Lamb to die for the sin of ungodly man.

And through His plan of Salvation in Christ there is no condemnation.

It Is Finished

“It is finished” as Christ was done, were the words of God’s Own Son.

It was finished and some knew that Christ had died for me and you.

He was born the man Jesus Christ, for He was to be God’s Sacrifice.

Jesus was the name given Him as He’d save His people from their sin.

Christ was the name of God’s Son, as He was The Lord’s Anointed One.

Thinking they were done with Him, the people only added to their sin.

But Christ would not be denied, even though they pierced His side.

They had Him then sealed in a tomb, which only added to their doom.

In the ground as the scripture said, for three days amongst the dead.

But The Lord God was not done, for the grave could not hold His Son.

On the third day to much surprise, The Lord from the tomb would rise.

The stone of the tomb was rolled away, for He was not there to stay.

For the temple that He did raise, was His body to The Father’s praise.

And Jesus did just what He said, as He raised his body from the dead.

He was dead, but is now alive, and He is seated at His Father’s side.

This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that for us He became a sacrifice.

On the cross He bore the sins of all to redeem man from Adam’s fall.

Christ tasted death for you and me, so we could live through eternity.

Believe that for you Christ died and you my friend will be justified.

And confess your Lord is Jesus Christ and you will have Eternal Life.

Easter Poems by Bob Gotti

Easter Poems by
Bob Gotti