Sit down in astonishment at this matchless love of Jesus!
Oh! what is in us, that should cause the Lord to save us? We were all equal in sin and misery; nay, doubtless, we have actually out-sinned thousands, to whom this precious salvation is denied.
Oh! we were once poor wretches sitting upon the ash-heap; yes, wallowing in our blood; and yet behold, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, has so far abounded in His love, as to bestow Himself, His Spirit, His saving grace, and all the jewels of His royal crown, upon us!
Oh! what heart can conceive, what tongue can express, this matchless love!
Says Jesus:
"I will be yours forever,
and My Spirit shall be yours forever,
and My grace shall be yours forever,
and My glory shall be yours forever,
and My righteousness shall be yours forever!
All that I am, and all that I have shall be yours forever!"
Oh, what incomparable love is this!
Oh! what a precious Jesus is this!
[Thomas Brooks]
Romans 5:6-8 ... For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 3:1 ... Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
John 3:16 ... For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ❤
