Recently we watched these 2 presentations by Louie Giglio put on YouTube in 5 parts each.
WOW! What an awesome, Indescribable God we have!
And what a wonder that He cares about us: little teeny, weeny specks of dust in this vast, enormous, incomprehensible Universe!
And, that He has stamped reminders of Himself and His Redemptive work all over creation and even inside our very bodies! How Great is our God !
I won't say anymore - you'll have to just watch the presentations (Indescribable one comes first - click on the hyperlink above) and be moved to worship and encouraged!
Each complete presentation takes about 45 minutes - well worth every moment.
Get your spouse, teens, friends, neighbours...to join you.
Blessed Good Friday and Easter to you all!
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Jesus Loved me and Gave Himself for me - May each one be able to say that from your heart
Jesus suffered and died...
To Show His Own Love For Us (by John Piper)
The death of Christ is not only the demonstration of God’s love (John 3:16), it is also the supreme expression of Christ’s own love for all who receive it as their treasure.
The early witnesses...were captured by this fact: Christ “loved me and gave Himself for me”(1). They took the self-giving act of Christ’s sacrifice very personally. They said, “He loved me. He gave Himself for me.”
Surely this is the way we should understand the sufferings and death of Christ. They have to do with me. They are about Christ’s love for me personally. It is my sin that cuts me off from God, not sin in general. It is my hard–heartedness and spiritual numbness that demean the worth of Christ. I am lost and perishing. When it comes to salvation, I have forfeited all claim on justice. All I can do is plead for mercy.
Then I see Christ suffering and dying. For whom?
It says, “Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her”(2).
“Greater love has no one than this that someone lays down his life for his friends”(3).
“The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many”(4).
And I ask, Am I among the “many”?
Can I be one of His “friends”?
....
And I hear the answer:
“Everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name”(5).
“To all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God”(6).
“Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life”(7).
[Will] I embrace the beauty and bounty of Christ as my treasure…and...say ”He loved me and gave Himself for me”?
...He paid the highest price possible to give me the greatest gift possible:...the gift He prayed for at the end of His life: “Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, may be with Me where I am, to see My glory” (8).
In His suffering and death “we saw His glory...glory that the Father shares with His only Son, a glory full of grace and truth”(9)
....But the best is yet to come [in heaven]. He died to secure this for us. That is the love of Christ.
Excerpts from The Passion of Jesus Christ (now Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die), John Piper, 2004. (Crossway Books, IL) Ch.6, p.30-31.
www.desiringGod.org
References from the Holy Bible (English Standard Version).
1. Galatians 2:20
2. Ephesians 5:25
3. John 15:13
4. Matthew 20:20
5. Acts 10:43
6.John 1:12
7. John 3:16
8. John 17:24
9. John 1:14 (GOD’S WORD Translation)
If you can't say that for yourself, ask to God to show you your need for a Saviour and His amazing love for you. And we'd be thrilled to help if you contact us!
To Show His Own Love For Us (by John Piper)
The death of Christ is not only the demonstration of God’s love (John 3:16), it is also the supreme expression of Christ’s own love for all who receive it as their treasure.
The early witnesses...were captured by this fact: Christ “loved me and gave Himself for me”(1). They took the self-giving act of Christ’s sacrifice very personally. They said, “He loved me. He gave Himself for me.”
Surely this is the way we should understand the sufferings and death of Christ. They have to do with me. They are about Christ’s love for me personally. It is my sin that cuts me off from God, not sin in general. It is my hard–heartedness and spiritual numbness that demean the worth of Christ. I am lost and perishing. When it comes to salvation, I have forfeited all claim on justice. All I can do is plead for mercy.
Then I see Christ suffering and dying. For whom?
It says, “Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her”(2).
“Greater love has no one than this that someone lays down his life for his friends”(3).
“The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many”(4).
And I ask, Am I among the “many”?
Can I be one of His “friends”?
....
And I hear the answer:
“Everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name”(5).
“To all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God”(6).
“Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life”(7).
[Will] I embrace the beauty and bounty of Christ as my treasure…and...say ”He loved me and gave Himself for me”?
...He paid the highest price possible to give me the greatest gift possible:...the gift He prayed for at the end of His life: “Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, may be with Me where I am, to see My glory” (8).
In His suffering and death “we saw His glory...glory that the Father shares with His only Son, a glory full of grace and truth”(9)
....But the best is yet to come [in heaven]. He died to secure this for us. That is the love of Christ.
Excerpts from The Passion of Jesus Christ (now Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die), John Piper, 2004. (Crossway Books, IL) Ch.6, p.30-31.
www.desiringGod.org
References from the Holy Bible (English Standard Version).
1. Galatians 2:20
2. Ephesians 5:25
3. John 15:13
4. Matthew 20:20
5. Acts 10:43
6.John 1:12
7. John 3:16
8. John 17:24
9. John 1:14 (GOD’S WORD Translation)
If you can't say that for yourself, ask to God to show you your need for a Saviour and His amazing love for you. And we'd be thrilled to help if you contact us!