THROUGH THE BIBLE IN THREE YEARS
True love is not just a feeling, though it certainly includes feelings.
True love is COMMITMENT.
It is a commitment to BE what another person needs, regardless of cost!
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Matt 26:26-28
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
KJV
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It was Thursday.
This would be a long, long night.
On this night, Jesus would be betrayed.
During this night He would suffer an unlawful trial.
During this night He would be beaten with a cane, and portions of his beard plucked from His face.
But it was in this night Jesus would exemplify His love for mankind.
With symbolic use of the bread, Jesus explained His body would be given for us.
With another symbolic use of the wine, He explained that His blood would be shed for the "remission of sins."
With these symbols, Jesus created a NEW covenant.
It was a covenant of God with God for man's benefit.
It was a substitionary atonement.
He vicariously took the punishment we deserved in order that HE might be the One Who can forgive sin and offer us salvation.
Payment was required for all sin.
Jesus MADE that payment!
When we come to God, surrendering to Christ as our Lord and Savior, God applies that blood to our lives!
This is God's NEW TESTAMENT (COVENANT) with mankind: that "Whosoever" comes to Christ in surrender, shall be "free from the law of sin and death" and shall be given in its place "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus" (Rom 8:2)
This night, let us REMEMBER and praise Him "for his mercy endureth for ever!" (Ps 107:1)
Love ya,
Bruce