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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"WHY WERE YOU CREATED?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY GOD CREATED MAN KNOWING WHAT WE WOULD DO AND WHAT HE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO REDEEM US? HE KNEW HE WOULD HAVE TO SACRIFICE HIS ONLY SON ON A CROSS SO HE COULD HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH US. THE SAD THING IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY CHRISTIANS THAT DO NOT GET INTO HIS WORD TO HAVE THAT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. TO ME, IT IS LIKE SLAPPING GOD IN THE FACE.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT JESUS' ATTITUDE ON THE WHOLE SITUATION KNOWING WHAT HE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH. JUST READ WHAT HE SAYS IN JOHN 17:24 ABOUT US AND ABOUT HOW MUCH GOD LOVES HIM. "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world." HE HAD THE WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION WORKED OUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
ALL HE WANTS US TO DO IS TO LOVE HIM. OH, HE COULD HAVE MADE US TO LOVE HIM BUT I BELIEVE THAT IS ONE REASON HE GAVE US A FREE WILL. HE WANTS US TO LOVE HIM BECAUSE WE CHOOSE TO. AFTER ALL THAT HE HAS DONE, WON'T YOU HAVE THAT CLOSENESS THAT HE WANTS. SIT AND TALK WITH HIM, NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING, BUT JUST TELLING HIM HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HIM.
FOR JESUS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PAIN AND SUFFERING BY BECOMING A MAN AND GOING TO THE CROSS SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH HE LOVES US. TELL SOMEONE OF THAT LOVE TODAY. THAT IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO HONOR HIM AND TO SHOW HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
