Jesus bled because He loves you
I wish you a very happy Easter and a blessed Resurrection Day.
May you be reminded that the resurrection power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you today! ✝️
The chamatkar of Easter is that Jesus made a complete exchange on the cross; He took your sin, shame, sickness, bondage, curse, guilt and condemnation and gave you forgiveness, healing, redemption, freedom, salvation and reconciliation instead.
“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” – Isaiah 53:5
This was not an easy task. Jesus didn’t just die, He died the most painful, gruesome and torturous death you could ever imagine, worsened by the hate, betrayal and humiliation that surrounded it.
friend, did you know that in the midst of His suffering, there was something that gave Jesus joy?
“For the joy set before Him He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider Him who endured such opposition, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” – Hebrews 12:2-3
Do you know what that joy was?
It was YOU, friend! You were the joy set before Jesus—the reason He endured the most painful death on the cross!
Sometimes, the enemy tries to tell us that we caused Jesus’ suffering, but that’s a lie! Yes, Jesus died for the forgiveness of our sins, but He did so out of His own free will (John 10:17-18). We didn’t cause His suffering; we enabled Him to endure the suffering!
Jesus’ love for you is so deep that the prospect of reconciling you with the Father and spending eternity with you was worth every drop of His blood (Romans 5:10).
Have you ever experienced this kind of love?
friend, with Paul, I pray that on this Easter day:
“Christ will make His home in your heart as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” – Ephesians 3:17-19
Let’s celebrate the victory of Jesus with this song.
