It is overwhelming to see how Jesus has cared for us and how he continues to care for us.
Jesus is our Precious Savior and loved us so much he was willing to give up everything to surrender to the will of God even to the death of the cross, so that all people could be blessed—faithful Christians with a heavenly reward, and all the rest of our human family born in Adam in the future kingdom here on earth.
Philippians 2:7-11: He stripped himself of his glory, and took on him the nature of a bondservant by becoming a man like other men. And being recognized as truly human, he humbled himself and even stooped to die; yes, to die on a cross. (Weymouth) Therefore also God highly exalted him, and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (New American Standard Bible)
He gave his life for us:
John 10:11: I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
He knows us personally and he helps us know him personally:
John 10:14: I am the good shepherd; and I know my own, and my own know me, even as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
His continual presence and watch care is with us:
Matthew 28:20: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
The Father continually provides for our needs through him:
Philippians 4:19: But my God—so great is His wealth of glory in Christ Jesus—will fully supply every need of yours.
He is our source of continual forgiveness and growth:
1 John 1:7: but if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His son cleanses us from all sin.”
1 John 2:1: …And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous…
He is our continual inspiration as we meditate and focus on his example:
Hebrews 12:1-3: …let us keep running with endurance the race set before us, fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.
He was tested and sanctified—made holy—so that we also could grow in holiness:
John 17:19-20: As Thou didst send me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
Jesus prayed for us to share the oneness and closeness he had with the Father:
1 John 17:20: I do not ask in behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in me through their word; that they may all be one; even as Thou, Father art in me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in us…
God works through Jesus to provide us with every blessing:
Ephesians 1:3-8: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Crist, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us….
The end result is the blessing of all in the kingdom in heaven and the kingdom on earth:
Ephesians 1:9: In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purpose in him.
Ephesians 1:10: And this is in harmony with God’s merciful purpose for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it—the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ: yes, things in heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in him.
Hallelujah, What a Savior!
Additional Resources:
Christian Questions Podcast
Episode #1276: “When Jesus Said, ‘It is Finished,’ What Did He Begin?”
Absorbing the curcifixion through the eyes of Bible prophecy
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Episode #1171: “How Did Jesus Prepare His Disciples for His Death?
Absorbing Jesus’ focused teaching on the night before his death
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