Do you truly Love this man?

[followjesus]

all hope is Lost, the world condemned to destruction not one is righteous, not One has a hope beyond these bleak Years we know and call life. all the sudden when the World is covered in darkness, a light dawns, shining of a renewed Hope, and offering promises beyond all that has ever been or will be, eternal Life offered to those of the darkness, the imperfect, the sinners the cast aside and overlooked , the weakened by Life, the troubled children, the inmates and prostitutes. Offered eternal Life to spend in the glory and presence of God almighty the Father of Life and light. How? why? who?

Would you truly Love someone who took your place when you were on death row, looking forward to certain torment excruciating Pain, shame, mockery? surely you would be spit on by death , you would face beatings and finally would by killed in the worst way imaginable a slow agonizing death sentance you had........and then all the sudden this man appears offering a full pardon for all your crimes from birth. Only the governor requires by Law that someone like you, suffers your fate and this Pristine faultless Good man, the wardens Only Son, offers you a pardon if you will believe Him believe what He is saying about Life, if you will agree to honor His living will He will willingly take your terrible fate upon Himself, though never had he as much as told a lie, or overlooked a poor man. no crime was this man guilty of, and now He is in your cell saying you can go free ill take your place.....Only when you are set free Honor the will i have left for you, seek after the truths i have written for you, keep them on your mind and heart.....

wuld you truly Love Someone like that who came when Hope was lost Just to save your squandered Life? the One who has enough faith in you, to believe you are worth saving, that you can change so much that He gave up all He had even laying down His life in your honor?


Love the One Who suffered agony, shame, insults, mockery, beatings, a brutal whipping, was spit on and laughed at and made a public spectacle of...On your personal Behalf, to clear your deabt to God, to die that you may Live on. Just truly Love Jesus Like you do your favorite person on earth, the One you would do anything for, the One you desire to make happy the One you would die to save. Love Jesus first and He will honor you to the ends of eternity. Love My Jesus, Love Him truly and deeply, Love Him with your Heart, Mind and Life, Honor His will left for you the One who died that you may Live, Left a long letter to you to be opened after your release. would you simply appreciate what He did and then put that letter in a drawer or storage and think " great im free now that was pretty cool what He did for me ill always remember that"

Or will you Live Like Jesus did What He did for you, as if He truly took the pain, the shame the suffering the death and torment for you, just to give you the way to live forever with God the Father and with His Son who lived and died and Lives for you still supporting and forgiving you today, still filling you with goodness and mercy and righteousness. when A Christian believer, will sit alone for awhile and reflect upon the gift so beyond value all He truly did, as reality as if He Loved you that much, thier can only be One conclusion.....


2 corinthians 5:14-21 "For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. [FONT=Arimo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]

v17....[/FONT] 17Therefore if any man be in Christ, " (romans 8) he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18And all things areof God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.


Love Jesus

John 14:15-24 "If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
v 21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him....... [FONT=Arimo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]verse 23[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. [/FONT]24[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.


[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]set your heart upon Jesus the Lord fully if you cant pray for that strength seek first the true Kingdom and His righteousness

Truly Love Jesus Most and watch what God will do......


God bless you take this into your Heart and reflect on His suffering as it is, a real event that He did because He Loves you.[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]

 

[Desertsrose]

Great post, followjesus!

 

[followjesus]

Great post, followjesus!

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im glad you enjoyed it sister, i had a couple free Hours as you can prolly tell I always enjoy your posts as well. and Love that image in your comment that is One TRUE scripture. God has always been right, from the Garden to the flood, to the promise, to the Law, to the judges, to the prophets, to all the apostles, and the Light of clarity for all of what God is really saying is Found in the gospel of Jesus Christ Our Lord and immeasurably worthy Savior. Who showed us the true Meaning of Love Not only in His death, but i believe equally as much in all He taught us before His death. i will live and die with the Gospel as so many others here will do because Faith is in the One who spoke it and then died to show Gods full Love for us all.


God is truly awesome in His ways, right in His Judgements, and Great in His mercy and provision. when you think of it man did everything Wrong having been Given all things from Eden. He gave us the World and we ruined it and ourselves. and Look what Our Great God did in response........Gave us the Most precious gift imaginable though it brought Jesus to the cross, simply to say " Look my beloved children, Look at How much I Love you and How much i have provided you with"

it occured to me yesterday that the Kingdoms of mankind through History, the servants and soldiers will lay down thier Lives to protect the King at all costs no matter what Guard the King keep Him safe........and Look at Our King who Layed down His glory in Heaven, humbled Himself and was rejected and despised by His people, and Layed down His Life to protect US thats somehow an awesome thought to me Like it floored me yesterday when it hit me. that shows us the Greatness and worthiness of Our God to serve Him alone..........we would be happy to die for a King Like that not as a duty, but as a gratitude and an "awe"

Im so gonna always hold that thought close forever it does something for me.


God bless you and sorry to ramble got a heart full right now Love your bro in Christ Jesus,.......... jason

 

[Desertsrose]

Hi Jason,

I totally get what you're saying. No worries about typing out what God is doing in your heart.

Imagine that while we were His enemies He died for us. It's just unbelievable the Love that God has for us.

Jesus died for all those who mocked Him, spit at Him and all those who tore his skin with the whips and all those who said crucify Him and those who falsely accused Him. It's unimaginable what He really did for all of us. All have sinned and fall short of God's glory.

How can we not love Him so much that we'd serve Him with our whole life and give up all our wants and all our desires, just to serve the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. What an honor and privilege to be called by His name because we sure don't deserve His mercy.

He abundantly pours His love into our hearts which overflows reaching out to others in love so that they can see Jesus through us. How can we not love Him back through obedience.

How do we express that joy of our salvation that bubbles up within us!? Sometimes there's nothing appropriate to truly express all that He's done in my life to shape me and transform me to be like Him.

Glory, Praise and Honor to Jesus Christ our Lord!!!

 

[followjesus]

amen ! wonderful wonderful post there that charged me up again lol

and thats the amazing thing also, when we get to the point of putting His will before Ours, truly giving up the things we sinners desire, He is so awesomw that He fills us with far, faaaar better desires, thoughts, attitudes, with strength to accomplish His will. He just has everything provided for all just from His Love for little us, us imperfect, stubborn, foolish at times, just wretches before Him really and He gave us a way to be called His children...Jut WOW. Hallelujah comes closeest for me sometimes it just pops out no matter where im at...get some funny looks at times when your in line at the grocery store like 2 feet behind someone and you say rather loudly hallelujah!!

But funny Looks never Hurt a child of God, Jesus Got worse looks im positive.

The thing to me so harsh about the argument against service being a part of us now is if all of us had that attitude, very little would ever get done according to Gods will. its really the obedient ones that carry Out His will, sometimes God sends the answers to someones prayers through an obedient One with a heart for Him. thats an honor that Our gigantic immeasurable God, would use simple weak vessels to accomplish His will in this world. every day people are out there serving God with a glad Heart. following His will and word and the people they are serving for God.....are finding prayers answered, provisions made, and stronger faith in God and we play a small part in that all because we are willing to serve the One who served us a billion times better, and first and then gave us the ability within us to hear from God to understand his Word and follow and carry Out His will. its sad because some miss out on the experience all because of the many different incomplete or blatantly misleading doctrines that actually speak against the good works that we are made to do with a glad Heart.

i find it interesting when peoples main idea is all we DONT have to do, or arent required to do. to me it comes from a doctrine that is all about what God has done for you yet refuses all we are commanded to do, by the same God who did all of that for us. to me it can only be a lack of the holy spirit when the word" Obedience", or "commandments" offend. because the spirit is all about Hearing God and obeying Him and it isnt a hassle or bond to do so.