If you think God is unfair, if you think God is not for you— if you think God doesn't love you— if you think He turned His back on you — if you think He wouldn't do everything necessary to save you and scream at you that He loves you!
IT'S TIME TO GET TO KNOW HIM AT THE CROSS!
"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” 1 Cor 1:18-19
The erroneous thinking you have about God needs to be DEMOLISHED at the cross by the blood of Jesus! You need to know and understand what He went through — otherwise, you will never grasp the depth of His love for you, and the eternal purpose He has for YOU!
If He gave His own life for you, how could this make Him an unjust, unfair, or turning-away God, not for you, GO TO THE CROSS, THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL GAIN THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE!
The night before Jesus Christ was crucified, He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. His sweat fell to the ground in large, heavy drops, much like blood dripping from an open wound. This was caused by intense anguish. As God, Jesus was fully aware of everything that was going to happen to Him.
He knew that He was going to be betrayed by one of His very own disciples.
He knew that many who had once called Him "The Messiah" would now be screaming for His crucifixion. He knew that He would be beaten nearly to the point of death before they pounded the crown of thorns into His head. He knew the prophetic words of Isaiah spoken 700 years ago, that He would be beaten so severely that He would be "disfigured beyond human likeness. "These things contributed to His great anguish and sorrow, causing Him to sweat drops of blood. However, there was more...
He knew that He was going to be crucified. The crucifixion was considered the most painful and torturous method of execution ever devised. The pain was so unbearable that a word was created to describe it - "excruciating" - which means "from the cross. "As our sinless Savior bore the weight of the world's sins on His shoulders and was being crucified, His Father must have looked away, for His "eyes are too pure to look on evil."
This caused Jesus to cry out, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
The pain of being abandoned by His Father far surpassed the intense physical pain the Lord endured on our behalf. The cross was meant for us! The pain was meant for us to bear, the blood was meant for us to shed, and the sin was meant for us to die for!
But Jesus endured it all to rescue us, to save us, to redeem us so that one day we could also be glorified with the Father and have eternal life.
He did it out of LOVE, for YOU and me! THIS IS OUR POWER:
"IT IS FINISHED!" John 19:30
NOW ...God looks at the cross and sees YOU...And when He looks at YOU— He sees Christ!
Come to Jesus today!! Don't wait any longer! Believe in what He DID for YOU on the CROSS!
Enter His Kingdom today!! He is coming for His CHURCH — there's no time to lose!!!
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