Sunday 3 January 2016

WHAT MANNER OF LOVE IS THIS?

"The spotless Son of God hung upon the cross,His flesh lacerated with stripes; those hands so often reached out in blessing,nailedvto the wooden bars; spiked to the tree; that royal head pierced by the crown of thorns; those quivering lips,shaped to the crown of woe.And all that He endured-the blood drops that flowed from His head,His hands,His feet,the agony that racked His frame,and the unutterable anguish that filled His soul at the hiding of His Father's face-speaks to each child of humanity,declaring,It is thee that the Son of God consents to bear this burden of guilt; for thee He spoils the domain of death,and opens the gates of Paradise.He who stilled the angry waves and walked in the foam-capped billows, who made devils tremble and disease flee,who opened blind eyes and called forth the dead to life,-offers Himself upon the cross as a sacrifice,AND THIS FROM LOVE TO THEE.He,the Sin Bearer,endures the wrath of divine justice,and for thy sake becomes sin itself"-The Desire of Ages,pp755-756

Bruised,insulted,mocked,hated,beaten,slapped,rejected,crucified JUST FOR ME!



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