Abrahamic / Middle Eastern Christianity Poems About the Crucifixion Share Flipboard Email Print Getty Images Christianity Christian Prayers Christianity Origins The Bible The New Testament The Old Testament Practical Tools for Christians Christian Life For Teens Weddings Inspirational Bible Devotions Denominations of Christianity Christian Holidays Christian Entertainment Key Terms in Christianity Catholicism Latter Day Saints View More By Mary Fairchild Mary Fairchild Facebook Twitter Christianity Expert General Biblical Studies, Interdenominational Christian Training Center Mary Fairchild is a full-time Christian minister, writer, and editor of two Christian anthologies, including "Stories of Calvary." Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on May 29, 2019 'The Nail' is an original Christian poem about the sacrifice and suffering of Christ on the cross. The Nail The nail is used for many things, A useful securing tool; A hammer is taken by the hand And drives it, that's the rule. A nail is needed when you build, It's a necessary thing. It was also used over two thousand years ago To hang upon a tree, the King. He took the pain and suffering For all mankind, you see. Yet He took the torture just for you, And He took it just for me. You cannot keep a good man down, Through the years many have said. He went down a man and rose a King To deliver the spiritually dead. He is on the throne At God's right hand. The First, the Last, The Great I Am. No nail, no hammer can touch Him now-- The mighty King on high. What He built is forevermore, Salvation for you and I. So when you see a simple nail with its sharpened end, And need to build or repair, Lift up your eyes, your heart, and mind And thank Him with a prayer. --Laurene H. Bell It Is Finished ‘It Is Finished’ was written to celebrate the victory Jesus Christ won on that first Good Friday. Resounding throughout the universe transcending time and space Is the greatest shout of victory heard by the human race. From the lips of the Lord Jesus Christ came that tremendous cry 'It is finished' was His shout as He laid down His life to die. All Scripture has been fulfilled and the prophecy's now complete As the One of whom all prophets speak held Satan in defeat. The battle has been won by Him, the Immortal God who died His precious blood has flowed for sin and the law is satisfied. How vast the ransom He has paid for no work was left undone The gate to heaven opened wide by God's One and Only Son. Humankind has been redeemed and the full price for sin is paid The shame and suffering are over, atonement has been made. My Lord and my Love is crucified the sinner’s faithful friend The Alpha and Omega is the Beginning and the End. His perfect life sacrificed to pay the dreadful price for sins The Age of Law ends at the cross as the Age of Grace begins. The great battle is over and man’s redemption has been won No more need for types and shadows for the will of God is done. Satan has been defeated by Jesus Christ the crucified The sting of death is vanquished as the grave bursts open wide. --Roy Allen Easter Is 'Easter Is' celebrates the full significance of the Easter season. Easter is the return of springtime When all of nature comes alive. The plants sprout, the birds sing And all living things begin to thrive. Easter is about Calvary’s cross Where Christ Jesus was crucified. Though he himself knew no sin For us he hung, bled and died. Easter speaks of God’s love And the sacrifice he made. How God gave his son to die So sin’s debt could be paid. Easter represents the resurrection As Jesus paid the ultimate price. So we get a chance to start anew All because of the risen Christ. We offer up our praise to God And thank him for loving us so. Death is conquered, the grave defeated And Jesus is alive forevermore. --Lenora McWhorter Golgotha ‘Golgotha’ honors Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for sinners. The last line is from the Latin version of ‘The Glory Be.’ Cross of Savior's death and mount From which our sins the serpents count Awaiting when, with expert poise Their fangs shall strike and raise a noise More shrill than any earthly howls Sinners grin beneath their cowls Masking sorrow, lack of Christ Rejecting holy sacrifice Dying slow to live but once While using sin to pass the months What lamentation could lay bare All beauty lost through modern fare? And rampant disregard for Christ Indeed, His earthly sacrifice Is taught to us as shame on sense While blinding us with present tense To leave these things to be forgot Which made our Lord to cast his lot With us, no better meant to scorn Despite the sin in which we're born I see no other to his will And know my soul shall see no ill As long as subject I declare My heart to his eternal care So hear, my God, as loud as yet my lungs can cry And see, my God, far longer than my human eye I reach, my God, far taller than my body stands With humble will to know the perfect workings of Your hands And grant, my Lord, the grace to know Your eternal will, again In principio, nunc, semper, et saecula saeculorum, amen. -- David Bico Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Fairchild, Mary. "Poems About the Crucifixion." Learn Religions, Aug. 25, 2020, learnreligions.com/the-nail-prayer-700937. Fairchild, Mary. (2020, August 25). Poems About the Crucifixion. 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