Looking at His trial, how in the world did He ever make it to the cross? They just didn't like Him. He literally did nothing wrong!
Why didn't He fight it? Why didn't He stand up for Himself?
Where were His followers during all of this? Why weren't they taking the witness stand to speak on His behalf?
How could this happen?
Of course I know the big answer...it had to happen. For you and I, it had to happen. It was the reason He came to earth. It was an act of obedience to His Father. For the salvation and redemption of all mankind, it had to happen. We could go on for days talking about this and looking at loads of different aspects of this most precious and most pivotal moment in all of history, but today I am overwhelmed with one thing...
This is the greatest display of love this world will EVER see!
God saw us in our depravity, in our filth, and in our wretchedness, and still He pursued us with wreckless abandon to redeem us and bring us back to Himself! He allowed His son to take on His great wrath that we wouldn't have to. Through the darkest moment in history, we now have the gift of freedom and forgiveness and salvation. The gift of life!
Kind of makes me think of a video I watched this morning, and on the commentary for it, it said "love makes us do crazy things". Not saying God is crazy...;) love you Father! But that He would do whatever it took to bring us back to a right relationship with Him! He would make the greatest sacrifice He possibly could for those He loved!
My heart breaks for those who refuse to accept this love. For those who can't put aside the need to have a scientific explanation for everything and have faith in a God who adores them! For those people who feel like they need to earn this great love, a love too great for any of us to ever deserve or earn. In my mind I see the faces of people I love, who are running from the hope and the love and the freedom and the joy and the peace and the redemption that is theirs if only they would choose to accept it!
I hope you will check out these videos and be encouraged this Easter by the God who loves you more than anyone will ever be able to comprehend.
An awesome video about the resurrection!
A great video of God's love for us.
I believe because we have heard this verse so often, we tend to become numb to it. It is the greatest picture of love, and I pray that we will all see it for the truth that it is.
God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whosoever believes in Him shall 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
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