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Podcast 42.3 Transcript, 10.3 REPLAYED
Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 ESV
And here is maybe the most well-known, often-quoted single verse in all of Scripture. But I wonder how many really know this truth well among the many that hear it. If you do, give Him praise because knowing this, and believing it, changes everything.
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Romans 8:32 ESV
The Father gave up His only Son for all of us. That fact alone is difficult to grasp. When coupled with the truth of this verse which speaks of what Christ has then graciously made available, it truly defies imagination. Give thanks to our Father for His gracious gifts to you.
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 ESV
Jesus became the founder and perfecter of our faith when He endured the cross, despising the shame, but gladly bearing our burden of sin. Look nowhere else but to Jesus! The One who became our sacrifice and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
He bled and died to take away my sin.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 ESV
Jesus bore our sins for a purpose. So that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. We have been healed by His wounds. Are you making the most of this new opportunity to live rightly, or are you still injuring yourself with sin? Ask the Holy Spirit to help you die to sin and live to God.
Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond. Until next time,
Be Resonant.
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