If God Is For Us: Seven Days Of Celebrating The Power Of God’s GraceSample

NO GREATER MESSAGE

The Scriptures describe Jesus as a man who was “despised and rejected” by people, a “man of sorrows” who was “despised” and not “esteemed” (Isa. 53:3). He was not considered a hero by the world’s definition and standards. He was nothing—and treated as nothing—to the world He chose to enter and the majority of people He encountered. 

And yet Jesus died for them. Jesus went to the cross for people who are and were opposed to Him. He died for people who were not seeking Him and people who accepted Him but then went on to live their lives as if He didn’t matter. For all of these—and for you and me—Jesus chose to suffer and die: 

He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. . . . 

He was pierced for our transgressions; 

He was crushed for our iniquities. (Isa. 53:4–6)

This is the ultimate display of God’s love for us. While we were still content in our sin, Jesus died to rescue us from it.

There are a number of reasons why I would die for my kids. There is absolutely no reason why Jesus should have died for you and me except for His great love and mercy. There is nothing that we contribute to the initial relationship with our Savior except our sin.

How can this possibly be good news? Because it tells us that we don’t have to clean ourselves up in order to be acceptable to Jesus. He accepts us on His own terms—terms that included death and resurrection. And then He invites each of us to come to Him and submit our lives to Him. He didn’t come for the righteous, He came for sinners. That’s you and me. This is God’s great love to us.