We had communion tonight in honor of our Lord Jesus and my mind is on Jesus and all He endured for you and me before His ultimate sacrifice on the cross. I find it so incredible that Jesus knew He was to become the sacrificial lamb; that precious lamb without spot or wrinkle, pure and unblemished necessary to redeem the sins of all mankind, and still He chose to come!
Knowing God's plan of salvation and the abuse and torture He would have to suffer, He still chose to come. He was aware that His own creations would reject Him, persecute Him, and say all manner of evil against Him..... and yet He still chose to come. Knowing He would be tortured beyond measure; every stripe for our healing laid across His back ripping His flesh apart.... still He chose to come.
The very Son of God stepped down from His Holy Throne, laying aside His royalty and humbling himself to the point of being mocked with a crown of thorns piercing His head....still He came. Knowing He would be crucified on the cross and suffer the most horrible humiliating death for sins He never committed.....He still chose to come! Knowing all things He had to endure for our righteousness in Him.....He chose to come.
Isaiah 53:3-5 tells us, "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He hath borne our grief, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed." Jesus chose to become the blood sacrifice needed for you and me to be pardoned from all our sins through Him, once and forevermore!
I cannot begin to fathom His love for me to endure it all and yet Jesus knew that without His ultimate sacrifice, I would be doomed forever.....and so He came.....and He fulfilled all that was needed for my redemption as well as all mankind. And because He came, His precious blood now atones for all the sins of everyone who will repent and accept Him as their Lord and Saviour.
"He left the splendor of Heaven, knowing His destiny; was the lonely hill of Golgotha, There to lay down His life for me. If that isn't love, the ocean is dry; There's no stars in the sky, and the sparrow can't fly; If that isn't love, then Heaven's a myth; There's no feeling like this, if that isn't love. Even in death He remembered the thief hanging by His side; He spoke with love with compassion, Then He took him to paradise. If that isn't love, the ocean is dry; There's no stars in the sky, and the sparrow can't fly; If that isn't love, then Heaven's a myth; There's no feeling like this, if that isn't love."
The words of this precious song warms my heart, as it tells of the Amazing Love of our precious Lord Jesus, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords; and because He chose to come, we are made victorious over sin and darkness, sickness and disease, Because He came, we are made more than conquerors through Him who abides within us! Because of Jesus fulfilling all requirements necessary, we can face tomorrow with a new found Hope and blessed assurance of eternal salvation in Him!
Because He chose to come, we are made One in Him through His Amazing Grace, Dear friend, God loves you and so do I~~
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