Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross".
Years ago, a man walked the earth and revealed a life so unique it became the central point in human history. A man, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of sinful men that He might save man.
Though He was human and divine, the Son of Man had nothing in the natural that would have attracted others to him. Yet in just three years, He healed the sick, fed the poor, ministered to the brokenhearted, cast out evil spirits, brought sight to the blind, raised the dead, and gave hope to the hopeless. His message was radical, and His love, unparalleled. Prostitutes, politicians, beggars, and kings all were the same to Him, and equally deserving of love. It wasn't a matter of their worthiness, no it was simply because God, being the very definition of Love, could do no less. We who profess to be His are to do no less. He told us to live simply, to give generously, and to love unconditionally.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13), Jesus told His disciples. We need to remind ourselves that in those terrible hours Jesus hung on the cross, it was all about love. We can't comprehend that kind of all consuming, all-powerful Love, but we can spend the rest of our lives living in wholehearted response to it.
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