He Did It For Us

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"

The Perfect Lamb of God, without spot or blemish, without sin. Jesus was, and is, the only One who qualified to take on the mission of defeating death and the grave. Stop and think about this. God Himself, our Creator, came into this world as a helpless baby and had to depend on His own Creation to change Him, feed Him, and raise Him up. If that doesn't blow our minds and cause us to wonder in awe, I'd say we need to check our pulse! Why did He do this? He did it because He loves us. He did it because God the Father had a plan, long before He ever created this world, to redeem us, to save us. The fall of man was no surprise to our God who knows all things. He knew that one day, after creating man, man would need a Savior. To save us from what you ask? Well...to save us from sin and death; and the only way that could happen was through the sacrifice of a perfect person. What a hopeless outlook, since there had never been a perfect man or woman born to humanity; that is, until Jesus. The Perfect Lamb of God humbled Himself, took on the form of weak flesh, and being the Perfect Man, without sin, took on our sin and carried it to the cross. His was a painful journey of torture and suffering so that He could pay the price that purchased our salvation. Jesus is the only Way to the Father and to Heaven, and today the Perfect Lamb of God invites the lost to accept His free gift of eternal life, by grace. For those of us who know Him, and have already accepted that gift, my question is this, "What are we doing with this gift? Are we serving Him or serving ourselves? Are we dying to ourselves and to the world, and living for Him, or are we still living as gods of our own life?" Jesus died for us, and by doing so paid a costly price to purchase us for His purposes. Let us serve Him in gratitude for what He did for us. Let us live for Him and proclaim the Good News of what our God and Savior did for us.

Today, God extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Romans 6:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing your sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive His free gift of salvation today (Romans 10:13).