DAY 195:
“God did not send Jesus to condemn the world, but to Save it!
‘For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved,’ (John 3:17).
Do not forget what Jesus endured for you, me, and the whole world and remember it pleased the Father to bruise Jesus just to gain us for eternity, if we believe and accept Him!! Apart from Him we are truly nothing.. but with Him.. we are made new and.. set apart!!
‘But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light,’ (1 Peter 2:9).
‘He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors,’ (Isaiah 53:3-12).
As you reflect on the rich mercies of God toward you, consider the times you have fallen short of His glory, and remember it was His unfailing love that met you with mercy, grace, and forgiveness.. so you could be saved and reconciled to the Father.. and it was all because of the obedience of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, to fulfill His Father’s will..!”
~David E. Taylor~
