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The Passion of Jesus

Written by FAVORED1 on March 24, 2010 – 2:29 pm -

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
[1 John 3:16]

The Passion of Jesus

Good Afternoon Beloved,

In just 10 short days we will be celebrating what is traditionally known as “Good Friday”. I heard someone say, “What’s so good about it… didn’t Jesus die?”. Well, yes… and that is good news for every blood-bought believer. The fact that there was a day in our human history that our Lord and Savior was taken, brutally beaten, humiliated, mocked and nailed naked to a Roman cross on Golgotha’s hill is too beautiful for words. He did not have to do it. God could have wiped out all of Creation, and started all over again with a new Adam. Instead He chose to lay down His life, and suffer all of this at the hands of those He came to save. That is absolutely mind-blowing! Awesome! All of this at no cost to us. We could not pay for it even if we wanted to. “The wages of sin is death”, but through His sacrifice, His gift, we have “eternal Life”. What does He want from us? …belief.. fellowship.. faith in him… obedience. His desire is for us to love Him enough to place our trust in Him completely, and believe that His way is not only right… it’s better. He would have us take our place in Heavenly places so that we can see as He sees. Our wounded brothers and sisters battle-scarred and bleeding, tired.. losing strength and barely able to put one foot in front of the other, ready to give up. He wants us to see those He died to save, sick and dying, completely hoodwinked, tricked, bamboozled, bewildered, frustrated, enraged, suicidal, psychotic, neurotic, depressed etc. Not only does He want us to see all of this, but to use the power and authority He invested in us to make a difference. He wants a glorious holy church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, full of love, compassion, honor, beauty and boldness.

… and that Beloved is Good News!

Y Stress? … U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Evening

Regina