MAY 28

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Job 19:25

“For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;”

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Job 33:28

“He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, and his life shall see the light.”

Psalm 34:22

“The Lord redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.”

Psalm 107:2

“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,”

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We will be reading from a book by Erwin Lutzer, President of Moody Bible Institute.  It’s a short book about Christ’s sacrifice for us.  It’s called simply, “For Us.”

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Mark 15:33-34

“Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”   If Mary’s heart was wrung at the foot of the cross, how much more anguish was in the heart of the Father!  This was the Son in whom He was “well pleased,” the Son with whom He had communed from before the beginning of time. Now the Father had to watch that Son die in agony.

But that was His choice.  God chose to suffer.  He chose to redeem humanity through the suffering of His Son.  Because He loves us.

God didn’t suddenly start loving us after the crucifixion.  He didn’t suddenly go from being a wrathful Old Testament God to a merciful New Testament God.  Jesus didn’t think up the plan of salvation and “go it alone.”   Salvation came because our Father is a redeeming God who loves us.  The Father and Son took the initiative of redemption together from all eternity.  What wondrous love!

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