Sacrificial Lamb

November 25th – Proverbs 17:17

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Proverbs 17:17

I’m thankful for the Friend we have in Jesus

Who doesn’t want a friend who loves you at all times? Not just through the good ones, but especially through the bad ones. Jesus is that friend. He accepts, shelters, loves, and died for us. Fully knowing the betrayal, brutality, and rejection He would face, Jesus willingly left His glorious throne in heaven to ransom His life. Matthew 26:53 tells us that with one word Jesus could have summoned more than twelve legions of angels for His rescue. Instead He bore our burdens and much more for the sake of our salvation. This sacrificial act of love and friendship demonstrated by Jesus is one which we do not deserve. We fail Him daily. We are selfish, self-centered, and bent on our own needs and wants. Yet despite all of this, God wants a close personal relationship with us. He asks nothing in return, and instead offers us His friendship and gift of eternal life!

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April 6th – Philippians 2:7

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Philippians 2:7

What an amazing display of love that God chose to become human and live as one of us. Jesus was fully God and fully human all at the same time. He didn’t empty himself of any of his attributes of deity, but He did humbly take on the role of a servant who came to serve.

By taking on human flesh, Christ could empathize with all of the experiences of being human and yet do so without sinning. He knew hunger and also the satisfaction of being fed. The Lord felt warmth, cold, pleasure, and pain. He experienced friendship and rejection. Jesus was loved and admired, yet persecuted and brutally slain. And He faced firsthand temptation. Which is why He is our perfect High Priest.

When Jesus came to Earth, He could have come in a great display of powerful Lordship. Or chosen to be born into wealth, prestige, and honor. But instead His goal was to come as the most humble servant. To be the sacrificial Lamb who would reconcile a sin stained humanity back to a righteous, holy God.

How blessed we are to have the teaching and acts of Jesus accessible through the Bible. For the Lord showed us what God the Father is  like. And what it truly means to have the heart of a devoted servant. Jesus emptied himself by becoming deity clothed in humanity. And no greater act of love exists.

Blessings, Becky

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