God’s Sacrificial Love
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How much does God love you? How do you understand the extent of God’s love?
God lavishes his light upon us and loves us sacrificially. Jesus offers himself up as the sacrificial Passover lamb who takes away the sin of the world.
At Passover, after Jesus celebrated with his disciples, they sung the Hallel Psalms together, which are a portion of the worship for specific Jewish festivals, including Psalms 113–118. Afterwards, Jesus went willingly to the Garden of Gethsemane to be betrayed and to go to the cross to save us and to offer himself up for us as a perfect sacrifice for our sin and to love each of us sacrificially.
The Psalmist writes, “The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar! You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!” (Psalm 118:27-29, ESV).
Jesus himself became the festal sacrifice, bound with cords, up to the horns of the cross. He loves us this sacrificially. He gave of himself completely—pouring his love out for us.
May we proclaim along with the Psalmist, “You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!” (Psalm 118:28-29, ESV).
In Christ alone, Robbie
A Prayer For Inner Renewal Through The Word: “Gracious God and most merciful Father, you have granted us the rich and precious jewel of your holy Word: Assist us with your Spirit, that the same Word may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort, to reform us, to renew us according to your own image, to build us up and edify us into the perfect dwelling place of your Christ, sanctifying and increasing in us all heavenly virtues; grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.” (#70, Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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