Motives Why Christ Died For Us:
To Reveal His Love For Us
For it is written “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for
her, that he might sanctify her” (Ephesians 5:25-26). Christ has
profound love for his people. Christ paid an enormous price (that will
take us an eternity to comprehend) to give his church the greatest gift
that God could ever give. And that gift is Himself in full glory. That is
the treasure that a Christian values.
For when Christ prayed at the end of his life in John 17:24,
“Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with
me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you
loved me before the foundation of the world.” This too, will take us an
eternity to comprehend; chasing after God’s glory.
The death of Christ is a demonstration of Christ’s own love for his
people. It is written, “The Son of God, who loved me and gave himself
for me” (Galatians 2:20). The death and sufferings of Christ indeed has
to do with me. After all it was my sin that separates me from God. It
wasn’t sin in general; it was my sin that I created. It was my own
rebellion from God that deserves justice. Indeed I am lost and deserving
of Hell. All I can do is beg and plead for God’s mercy.
It is the call of mercy and repentance that are among the church of
Christ. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”
(Romans 10:13). “To all who did receive him, who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God,” (John 1:12). To all those
who acknowledge that they are lonely and miserable and in great need of
Christ there is relief. To all those who acknowledge the corrupt state
they are in and the terrifying wrath that abides upon them (John 3:36)
there is peace. To all those who acknowledge that they are not good but
totally depraved there is joy who believe and trust that Christ has
appeased God’s wrath for them.
DwellingWithGod.com Motives Why Christ Died For Us: To Reveal His Love For Us By Jay Gheen
Motives Why Christ Died For Us:
To Reveal His Love For Us
Christ died to secure an eternity for us to witness his own glory
and holiness. He loved us so we may enjoy this through him. On the
other side of death we will be fully sanctified as he promised (Ephesians
5:25-26) and see him as he is as it is written “we are God's children
now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when
he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is” (1
John 3:2).
DwellingWithGod.com Motives Why Christ Died For Us: To Reveal His Love For Us By Jay Gheen