His Love For Us

So I was told by Rachel (my girlfriend) to read some passages in Isaiah just tonight. So when i think of Isaiah I am automatically drawn to Chapter 53:4-5. These verses are so amazing when we actually read them in light of the Gospel of Jesus. This chapter addresses the "suffering servant" of God. We can look back at it as a prophecy of what was to come through Jesus Christ. If you are not familiar with the passage it reads:

"Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for out iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." - Isaiah 53:4-5

This verse shows the love that God has for us. He sent His son to earth to bare the punishment which we all deserve for our sins. But thanks to the grace of God and His love for His people and His creation we do not have to go through the punishment deserved for our sinful nature. Through Christ we are cleansed of our sins. We are no longer bound to those wretched acts. We are totally separated from our former way of living when we come in to a relationship with Jesus.

I don't know about you, but that makes me want to love Him. The fact that God has given us a way to escape the beating, and bleeding, and dying because of things we have done is just astounding to me. We do not deserve to be free from those things. But God has allowed us to through the gift of his son's actions on the cross and his resurrection. The more I think about this the more I'm reminded of how much I need to love God in return for the love He has shown me. I hope you too can enjoy the freedom of Loving God as He Loves You.

God Bless.

Welcome

If you are here. Thanks for joining. This is all new for me. I'm not one to write a lot but I wanted to start. So this is me starting to write.

I am planning on writing some mini sermons/devotionals to post to share and they are mainly going to be directed at our need to Love. Loving God and Loving Others is what we are here for and I hope to encourage you all to Love more and more.

Looking forward to sharing my thoughts with you all and I hope you all enjoy.

God Bless.