"Who, when he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." [1 Peter 2:25]
"Surely he hat borne our griefs, 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. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken." [Isaiah 53: 4-9]
Jesus Christ loved his people with unconditional love. It did not matter how much he was rejected, he was spat upon, he was buffeted, he was beaten. When he hung on the cross, he said: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." "Greater love hath no man than this, that he should lay down his life for his friend, but while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Christ loved us while we were yet enemies. It would be easy for us to say, "I would be willing to die for anyone on this earth." But as my sister pointed out, it may be easy to die for someone, but you would find it very hard to give your life for someone that had personally injured you. However, Christ, gave his life for those that had rejected Him, that had forsaken Him, that had hurled insults at him (the thief on the cross), that had smitten him and beaten him. Christ died for the ungodly. Christ died for his enemies. His love was unconditional. There was nothing we could do. There was nothing we had to offer. There was no good in us. We were dead in our trespasses in sin, and Christ died to make us righteous. "What wondrous love is this?"
Brethren, pray to have this kind of love. All that you experience on this earth, all the heart ache, all the pain, pales in comparison to what Jesus Christ went through. May the Lord make you more and more like Christ as you run the race. The Lord be with you.
"Surely he hat borne our griefs, 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. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken." [Isaiah 53: 4-9]
Jesus Christ loved his people with unconditional love. It did not matter how much he was rejected, he was spat upon, he was buffeted, he was beaten. When he hung on the cross, he said: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." "Greater love hath no man than this, that he should lay down his life for his friend, but while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Christ loved us while we were yet enemies. It would be easy for us to say, "I would be willing to die for anyone on this earth." But as my sister pointed out, it may be easy to die for someone, but you would find it very hard to give your life for someone that had personally injured you. However, Christ, gave his life for those that had rejected Him, that had forsaken Him, that had hurled insults at him (the thief on the cross), that had smitten him and beaten him. Christ died for the ungodly. Christ died for his enemies. His love was unconditional. There was nothing we could do. There was nothing we had to offer. There was no good in us. We were dead in our trespasses in sin, and Christ died to make us righteous. "What wondrous love is this?"
Brethren, pray to have this kind of love. All that you experience on this earth, all the heart ache, all the pain, pales in comparison to what Jesus Christ went through. May the Lord make you more and more like Christ as you run the race. The Lord be with you.
Soli Deo Gloria
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