I’m Doing This for You

I stood there as they tried Him
For crimes He hadn't done
No one else believed it
But I just knew He was the one
I slid back into the crowd
Trying to go unseen
But when Pilate cried out, "Beat him"
He pointed straight to me

My friends, they all cheered me
As I took the whip in hand
Placing stripes upon the back
Of this guiltless Man
The way He turned and looked at me
From my mind I can't erase
And I'll never forget the look on His face

He said, "I'm doing this for you
And I will still love you
When you're through
I'm doing this for you"
Though it took me by surprise
When I saw love in His eyes
He said, "I'm doing this for you"

High atop Mt. Calvary
With hammer and nail
It became my duty to crucify this Man
I heard my friends gambling
For His robe at my side
But I couldn't turn away
As He looked into my eyes

"Father, forgive them"
I heard Him cry aloud
"Behold the King of kings"
Someone mocked from the crowd
Then the ground shook
And the thunder rolled
As He gave up the ghost
But until the day I die
The thing that I'll remember most

He said, "I'm doing this for you
And I will still love you
When you're through
I'm doing this for you"
Though it took me by surprise
When I saw love in His eyes
He said, "I'm doing this for you"

The sacrifice that day at Calvary
Was the Father's perfect plan to set man free

"I'm doing this for you
And I will still love you
When you're through
I'm doing this for you"
Though it took me by surprise
When I saw love in His eyes
"I'm doing this for you"

Though it took me by surprise
When I saw love in His eyes
"I'm doing this for you"