Thursday, January 17, 2012 -- Am I Willing To Live In Love (1)
Thursday January 17, 2013
When we come into Christian gatherings we often hear of the great love that God has for each of us. Indeed Jesus Himself spoke of this great love when He was questioned by a ruler of the Jews concerning where He came from, and the miracles He performed, He said, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17 NKJV) God created us, in love, for a life that is full and good -- an abundant life.
When sin entered into the world, God did not condemn the world and just sit back and observe the self-destruction of His creation. He came to the garden seeking Adam and Eve for He knew the knowledge of good and evil that they desired would bring them shame, fear, pain, suffering, broken bodies and broken hearts and, God cared. God cared so much that He sent His beloved Son to die in our place that we might be free from sin and live in love, joy and peace in this age and forever with Him in the next. Jesus voluntarily left a position of highest respect and endless glory because our wounded condition so impacted the heart of His Father that He was willing to pay the price, which was death, even death on a cross, to reconcile us to His Father. If one man's sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God's gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do! There's no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift.
If death got the upper hand through one man's wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides? (Romans 5:15-17 MSG)
(Hebrews 10:22 NKJV)
He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way.
(Psalm 25:9 NLT)
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