"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
John 3:16
There's a story of a major sacrifice which begins with a man taking his son to work one day. He worked at a drawbridge, controlling when it went up so boats could pass trough under it or so trains could travel across it. They decided to have lunch when suddenly the man heard a train coming so he told his boy to stay there while he went to put the bridge down. The boy decided to follow his dad instead but fell and got stuck in the gears. the father didn't know what to do - put the bridge down so the train could safely pass through or leave it up so his son could live. He decided to save the hundreds of people on the train, thus killing his son. He saw the passengers inside the train living merrily as if nothing happened, but he wanted to scream to them how he just killed his own son to save their lives. Similarly, God sacrificed His only Son to save us all from our sins. Many people are acting just like the train passengers - not even caring about the major sacrifice made for them. We all should accept this free gift. If someone handed us a free gift, we'd most likely take it. Why not take the gift that God has for us? It's so much better than any material thing we could receive. He is offering us the gift of eternal life. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23). Let's not ignore this most wonderful sacrifice the Lord God has made for us. Let's show our love for Him and continually thank Him for the deep love He has for us. He has truly sacrificed so much for His lowly, sinful creation.
We should daily remember the sacrifice that Christ has made for us, not only on Good Friday. Yet today is the day set aside to celebrate it, we should always celebrate it in our hearts. May we never cease to thank God for the ultimate sacrifice He has made for us through Jesus Christ the Lord.
We should daily remember the sacrifice that Christ has made for us, not only on Good Friday. Yet today is the day set aside to celebrate it, we should always celebrate it in our hearts. May we never cease to thank God for the ultimate sacrifice He has made for us through Jesus Christ the Lord.