The video I linked to today is Jeremy Camp's This Man. It is very moving every time I see it. It really confirms for me Romans 5:6-8; that I blogged about in the Weird Jesus Story first post. From The Message translation:
6-8Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn't, and doesn't, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn't been so weak, we wouldn't have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice. But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.
Watch the video and ask yourself 'would I do that for anyone? And why would Jesus have done that for me?' The first part only you can answer for sure, but Romans makes it pretty clear - no. We just don't have that depth of love in us. The second part is easy to say, but sometimes hard to grasp: He did it because He loves you. Just as you were, are and will be. Unconditionally. Let that sink down inside and roll around today: Jesus loves me. Watch the video again, and as you watch it, repeat to yourself again and again: Jesus loves me.
Understanding those three words will change your life.
Jesus Loves Me This I Know
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