January 8, 2024 … His Sacrificial Love

January 8, 2024 …  His Sacrificial Love  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Brandon Lake  singing … Living Sacrifice …  Singing of how we Christians must be willing to give our sacrificial love to others to the extent Christ did for us. 

Will to go into the fire to save others ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Romans 5:8  [NLT] … 

8 But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.. 

… Paul shows the extent of God’s love, … willing to die to save lost sinners.      

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Romans 5:6-8 … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Pal teaches that Christ was willing to die to save any/all who have faith in Him.    

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Reference Passage: … John 3:16-17 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus shows the willingness of God, The Father, to give up His Son to save lost sinners.   

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:10 (NLT] … 

10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.   

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to show brotherly love toward one another. 

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 13:4-8 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians about the extent of God’s love.     

Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 (NLT] … 

20 My old self has been crucified with Christ.  It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.   

… The Apostle Paul shows how his (and our) ability to love others becomes like Christ’s love when we trust God, in faith, and live for Him, … Who died for sinners.     

Reference Passage: … 1John 3:16 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up His life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.   

… The Apostle John shows that we, who’ve surrender in faith to Christ, should love others just as He was willing to die for us.          

        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Xochitl Dixon -  AT THIS LINK -   tells of a young man, … named Nicholas,  …who, while driving at night, saw a house on fire (see photo); and without considering the danger to his own life, stopped and entered the house and was able to save four children and their babysitter from the fire.    

And that is what the ODB entry today, as well as God’s word (in the Scriptures above) teaches us; … that we, as faithful followers of Christ, should be willing to show others the selfless love that Christ showed for sinners, … being willing to die to save them (us).  But, are we?    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your willing and saving love.                

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to thank You, Lord, for Your willing and saving love.    … Amen  

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