1. Did ever such LOVE and SORROW meet? (as on the cross?)
Think of the greatest love you could ever imagine in the world!
Now think of the greatest sadness in the world, greater than any korean drama.
They are both found at the cross.
Our God who so loved the world, gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. He came not to condemn the world but to save.
Our God hung by nails on pieces of wood. He was betrayed by his student who he just knelt and washed the feet of. He was rejected by his own people and denied by his best friend, Peter. He was a King, but he was treated like a wretch.
2. Did ever such THORNS compose so RICH A CROWN? (the crown on thorns laid on Christ's head)
Oh how could we ever see a crown of thorns as rich? But on the head of Jesus, as the blood poured out from his scalp, we see suffering, we see pain, we see him there in agony, but only 3 days later we realize that was glory!
It bids me come and DIE, and find that I may truly LIVE.
“The best fighters in the world are people with nothing to lose.”Buffalo Soldiers (2001) – General Lancaster (Dean Stockwell)
We fight because we realize we have nothing to lose, we are given it all through Him!
It is a paradox. How we are infinitely accountable for our sin, and yet infinitely free from it. All because of Christ. So FREE to us, and yet so COSTLY to God: his grace.
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