verse of the day

Wednesday, 25 December 2024

What we owe to God ( John 3 v16)

So it has come,Christmas day,and we rejoice in all it means,love manifest to humanity,a love that's beyond our comprehension. This world has so much pain in it, so much suffering,and into this world a child is born,a child called Jesus,it is God showing us that He loves this fallen sinful world,a world that is broken and full of so much pain. The hymn writer wrote,'There is no place where earth's sorrows are more felt,than up in heaven',and God's answer is love, a love of that's beyond words in it's fullness. Again as the poet wrote,'The love of God is greater far,than tongue or pen can ever tell.It goes beyond the highest star, and reaches to the lowest hell'. It is a love offered to all,to the best of men and the worst of men,a love that will show mercy to those who come  in all their need,and if they do,mercy they will receive .That mercy involves the forgiveness of our sins,let us never underestimate the awfulness of our sinful condition,and its consequences.That babe in the manger came for a purpose,and it would involve so much pain,beyond words.That little babe would have the shadow of the cross hanging over Him all his life,he marched to it despising it's shame ,and terrible pain ,and paid the price for our salvation.

                                                     'Tis not all we owe to Jesus

                                                      It is something more than all;

                                                      Greater good because of evil,

                                                      Larger mercy through the fall.

                                                                  F W. Faber

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