VerseD: Psalm 85:2
You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah
Psalm 85:2, ESV
We lashed out at God.
He took those lashes to the cross, buying and giving forgiveness by His blood.
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You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah
Psalm 85:2, ESV
We lashed out at God.
He took those lashes to the cross, buying and giving forgiveness by His blood.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Psalm 107:1, ESV
God showed His goodness and love through the cross. We should always be thankful for our salvation.
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience
Colossians 3:12, ESV
God’s love in us will push us to show kindness, compassion, and patience with all other people as we humbly realize all He has done for us through the cross.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”
John 20:21, ESV
Jesus was sent to save the world. He sends us to tell the world of His saving work on the cross.
“even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28, ESV
We are called to lay our lives down for others, just as our Lord did, for the sake of the Gospel and the glory of God.
There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
Luke 23:38, ESV
Our Lord was mocked, yet the mockers did not realize the truth they either stated or misunderstood.
Likewise, Christians receive the same treatment, but we know they are truly attacking and mocking Christ and still missing the truth of His redemptive work on that cross.
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:7-8, ESV
Jesus is, always has been, and always will be God. Yet, He ignored the honor due Him to die for our forgiveness and redeem us from His wrath.
Likewise, through Christ we are adopted children of God, yet we serve our fellow humans to show them God’s grace.
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.”
Jeremiah 17:7, ESV
All of our hope, peace, and strength come from God. He has given us more than enough reason to trust Him, most notably by the cross of Christ.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13, ESV
God set the example. Jesus called us friends if we follow Him, and that means sacrifice and pointing people to the truth of our need for salvation.
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”
Luke 9:23-24, ESV
Do not think you life will not change following Christ. We are expected to conform to His image and live lives of sacrifice.
