For God so Loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17
Meditation:
After the Fall of Man, mankind became quite a terrible sight. Sin abounded in so many ways and there was no way of stopping it. People were murdering one another, stealing from one another, committing strange acts with one another, and worshipping strange gods. The children of Israel abandoned God many times, choosing to worship idols instead. Not once did they think of the great amount of pain they were causing God. If you were asked to die for such people, would you? Probably not. You would probably give all the reasons in the world as to why these people deserved to suffer for their actions - and you wouldn't have been wrong for it. Human beings were terrible. We still see that terrible nature in many of them in the world today. The most heinous acts have occurred in history and there are new ones that we see as each day passes. Murder. Sexual violence. War. Hatred...! But none of this deterred God from giving up His son, to save us from ourselves. He carried on with His plans, even when mankind had turned their backs on Him. He refused to let His love be based on our love for Him. If He had done that, we would have died a very long time ago. There is no greater love than the love that Jesus Christ has for us. Jesus laid down his life for every single person in the world, regardless of who they are or what they have done in their lives. It was not a simple decision for him. The thought of suffering the consequences for the sins of the world was not an easy thought to bear. In the days leading up to His crucifixion, Jesus was troubled by what was to come but this did not stop Him from following through. He wept about it. He wasn't celebrating at the fact that He was about to endure so much pain. But He still chose to go
Is loving one another, helping one another and being kind to one another too difficult for us? Is loving God truly that difficult? It's not much of a task for us when you compare it to what God sacrificed for us and what Jesus had to go through for us.We won't find such love anywhere else but in Him. He loves us completely and there is nothing that will ever make Him change His mind about us. He is for us, now and forever.
Prayer:
Our Father in Heaven Thank you for your Amazing Grace and Love! For sending Jesus, who paid in full for all humankind, and redeem us indeed! Help us to continue spreading the “Good News of Salvation".
In our Loved and Blessed Savior Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen!
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