耶稣说：“你们中间最大的，应当像最小的；做首领的，应当像服事人的。然而，我在你们中间如同服事人的。”

主啊，此我一颗谦卑的心，虚心的灵。叫我不要因你所赐给我的恩赐而骄傲炫耀。

“错不在我！”、“不是我！”、“是某某某该负责的！”。我们常会听到这样的话。甚至这些话常出自自己的口。我们回倾向推卸自己的责任、逃避、不敢担当。但是这首诗歌却告诉我们，是我们的罪将耶稣钉在十字架上。我们无法逃脱这事实。

诗歌的作者生活在一个极其黑暗的年代。经历着无数的战争，自己的健康欠佳，失去家产，还险些丢命。

但是，他不曾发怨言说：“为何是我？我为何要受如此的痛楚？”

但是他却说：“主啊，为何是你？是谁害你受苦？”他的答案是—他自己。是他的罪使耶稣经历了十架的痛苦。

这首诗歌也正在向我们传达一个福音，就是我们因着耶稣基督的死，而得以与神和好。 


Why me?  That is a question that each of us is tempted to ask at some point.  Why am I sick?  Why did my house flood?  Why can't I seem to get ahead financially?  Why me?

Johann Heermann had more cause to ask, "Why me?" than most of us.  He was one of five children, but the only one to survive to adulthood –– and his health was none too good.  His mother asked God to spare his life, and promised to devote him to ministry.

Heermann did survive and become a pastor, but his health was never good.  Then the Thirty Years' War, a war that cost millions of lives, caused him to lose his property and, on several occasions, nearly cost him his life. 

But instead of asking, "Why me?" Heermann asked, "Why thee?"  In his hymn, "Ah, Holy Jesus," he asks why Jesus had to suffer.  Who was responsible for Jesus' death?  His answer was that he, Johann Heermann, was responsible.  It was his treason that nailed Jesus to the cross. 

What he was really saying, of course, was that he, Johann Heermann, was guilty of sin, so it was for him Jesus had to die. 
It isn't popular to think that way today.  Many elements in our culture teach us to blame others rather than taking responsibility for our behavior.  Those same elements tell us that "sin" is an old-fashioned word that has no place in our modern world. 

But we are guilty of sin.  We know that without being told –– our consciences inform us.  But the good news is that the Christ who died to remove Johann Heermann's guilt died to remove our guilt as well.  Because of Christ, it is possible for us to be right with God.  That is the good news as proclaimed by this hymn.

十架七言之一:「饶恕之言」

到了一个地方叫髑髅地，就在那里把耶稣钉在十字架上，又钉了两个犯人，一个在左边，一个在右边。当下耶稣说：「父啊！赦免他们，因为他们所作的，他们不晓得。」 （路二十三33～34）

十架七言之二:「应许之言」

那同钉的两个犯人，有一个讥诮祂说：「你不是基督吗？可以救自己和我们吧！」那一个就应声责备他，说：「你既是一样受刑的，还不怕神吗？我们是应该的，因我们所受的，与我们所作的相称；但这个人没有作过一件不好的事；」就说：「耶稣啊！你得国降临的时候，求你记念我。」耶稣对他说：「我实在告诉你，今日你要同我在乐园里了。」 （路加二十三39～43）

十架七言之三:「亲情之言」

站在耶稣十字架旁边的，有祂母亲与祂母亲的姊妹，并革罗罢的妻子马利亚和抹大拉的马利亚。耶稣见母亲和祂所爱的那门徒站在旁边，就对祂母亲说：「母亲，看你的儿子！」又对那门徒说：「看你的母亲！」从此那门徒就接她到自己家里去了。 （约翰福音十九25～27）


十架七言之四:「被弃之言」

于是将祂钉在十字架上，拈阄分祂的衣服，看是谁得什么。钉祂在十字架上是巳初的时候。
（马可福音十五24～25）< 从午正到申初，遍地都黑暗了。申初的时候，耶稣大声喊着说：「以罗伊！以罗伊！拉马撒巴各大尼。」（翻出来的话就是：我的神！我的神！为什么离弃我？） （马可福音十五33～34）

十架七言之五:「我渴了！」

这事以后，耶稣知道各样的事已经成了，为要经上的话应验，就说：『我渴了。』有一个器皿盛满了醋，放在那里；他们就拿海绒蘸满了醋，绑在牛膝草上，送到祂口。 （约翰十九28～29）

十架七言之六:「成了！」

耶稣尝了那醋，就说：「成了！」便低下头，将灵魂交付神了。 （约翰十九30）

十架七言之七:「信托之言」

那时约有午正，遍地都黑暗了，直到申初，日头变黑了；殿里的幔子从当中裂为两半。耶稣大声喊着说：「父啊！我将我的灵魂交在你手里。」说了这话，气就断了。 （路加二十三44～46）