Reflecting on God's love which propelled Him to send His Son Jesus to earth to be the propitiation for our sins. Scripture tells us,
"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13 ESV).
We can find no one greater than Jesus who did this for the ultimate cause. He died that we might live. His love for all mankind was the greatest of all, ever, from time immemorial to the present date.
We cannot understand such love but we can accept this gift. Have you ever been loved? Even if there is no human being in your life to love you or be willing to love you, there is the One who does love you and that's Jesus Christ.
He calls you friend and he died in your place. There have been incidents in history where some have died for others. Even the story of the Titanic when passengers were floating in the ocean trying to keep their heads above water, there were those who gave their life jacket to those who were without Christ.
The Christians demonstrated God's love to those without Christ. They also brought some of them to Christ. Those Christians lost their life so that the lost could live and have the chance to know the One who died for their souls and have eternal life.
Those individuals died so one here and one there could live long enough to find Jesus and hopefully be rescued. Jesus died that all human beings floating aimlessly in this world, may find life in Him, through faith.
This Lord's Day, ponder on Jesus' love that took Him to the cross for our sakes. He'll never let us go once we have accepted Him as Savior. Partake of the broken bread and drink of that cup of wine in remembrance of His love that did all this for us.
There has been no one greater who has had greater love than this. Praise the Lord!
Jesus, Your love is immense and we cannot fathom the depths and heights of it but we are thankful that You did love. us. That You still love us. That You laid down Your life for us and even called us "friends" when we were actually "enemies" because of our sin. Thank You for taking our place on that cross of shame. It is with grateful hearts we give you our thanks, Lord Jesus. Amen.
~ ERC April 2025 ~
Based on John 15:13 ESV.
Sing, The Love of God, along with Selah Videos.
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