#0481sva – No Greater Love

 Bill and his wife were driving through the Rocky Mountains when a near-miss with a truck caused their car to swerve off the road and plunge into the Colorado River.  After scrambling out of their sinking vehicle, they frantically treaded water in the swift current.  A truckdriver, who had seen the accident, ran ahead along the shore and threw a rope to them.  Bill swam behind his wife and pushed her to where she could grab the rope–and the man pulled her out.  Bill, however, was carried down stream and didn’t survive.  He had given his life for the woman he loved.

To give your life so another person can live is the ultimate proof of love. 

During the night that Jesus was betrayed, He told His disciples of His intention to give His life in exchange  for mankind.  He told them: “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”  (John 15:13).  And then He set the ultimate example of self-sacrifice by going to the cross.

Have you ever given any thought to the fact that Jesus did that for you—that He died in your place?  In so doing, He not only proved His love for you, but He also made it possible for you to be forgiven of your sins and to have an eternal home in heaven. 

—Dennis Fisher, Our Daily Bread

He who gave Himself to save me,

Now will keep me to the end;

In His care securly resting

On His promise I depend

—Bosch

 

Thought for the Day: 

 Christ’s sacrifice was what God desired and our sin required.