Shalom,
Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is one of the most powerful of all!
It Is Finished
I have finished the work which Thou
gavest Me to do. — John 17:4
The death of Jesus Christ is the
performance in history of the very mind of God. There is no room for looking on
Jesus Christ as a martyr; His death was not something that happened to Him
which might have been prevented. His death was the very reason why He came.
Never build your preaching of
forgiveness on the fact that God is our Father and He will forgive us because
He loves us. It is untrue to Jesus Christ’s revelation of God; it makes the
Cross unnecessary, and the Redemption “much ado about nothing.” If God does
forgive sin, it is because of the Death of Christ. God could forgive men in no
other way than by the death of His Son, and Jesus is exalted to be Saviour
because of His death. “We see Jesus…because of the suffering of death, crowned
with glory and honour.” The greatest note of triumph that ever sounded in the
ears of a startled universe was that sounded on the Cross of Christ – “It
is finished.” That is the last word in the Redemption of man.
Anything that belittles or
obliterates the holiness of God by a false view of the love of God, is untrue
to the revelation of God given by Jesus Christ. Never allow the thought that
Jesus Christ stands with us against God out of pity and compassion; that He
became a curse for us out of sympathy with us. Jesus Christ became a curse for
us by the Divine decree. Our portion of realising the terrific meaning of the
curse is conviction of sin, the gift of shame and penitence is given us; this
is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the wrong in man, and Calvary is
the estimate of His hatred.
AMEN! There is simply no way to accurately measure the LOVE that our Father God, Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit have for us! The price paid FOR us is beyond what we can even imagine! Yet JESUS WILLINGLY went throguh it all so that WE will NEVER have to! Now THAT is LOVE! TRUE LOVE! Here is Hillsong with "The Passion":
Shalom in Him!
