Rhapsody Of Realities (December, 2018)Exemplo

1  Pastor Chris

Love Beyond The Cross 

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).

Most people have never known what real love is, and as a result, they define love on the basis of their relationships with human beings. They think they know, and have experienced the love of God because of the things He’s done for them, such as in salvation, health, deliverance, abundance, and many other blessings they experience. 

Well, Jesus dying in our behalf to prove His love for us was an awesome blessing indeed; He said in John 15:13, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” However, here, Jesus wasn’t referring to divine love, but to human love. When He died for us, He didn’t die as God; He died as a man; that was what made His death in our behalf valid. The love He expressed for us at that point was the love that a man would have for his friends. 

Divine love, however, is different. Jesus said in John 14:10, “I am in the Father, and the Father is in me.” He experienced the love of the Father the way no man ever did; He walked in the Father, and the Father walked in Him. That’s the kind of love that resulted after the Cross; that’s the love He brought us into. He invites us to open our eyes, open our understanding and look beyond human love, and embrace His   divine love! He saved us with His own love, gave His life for us, so we could   experience the Father’s love through fellowship. 

The only way you experience the love of God is to be in fellowship with the Father, and that’s what Jesus made possible through the life that He gave us; the resurrection brought us into that fellowship; into divine love with the Father. With that resurrection, we came out new creations; He gave us the Holy Spirit so we   could fellowship with the Father. Now, we can really enjoy the love that’s beyond the Cross. Hallelujah! 

Prayer

Dear Father, I thank you for the revelation of your Word to my spirit on your   divine love for me; amazing love; so sweet; so sublime; so divine! Through   fellowship with you, studying and meditating on the Scriptures, I experience this immeasurable love in its power; love beyond the cross, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. 

Further Study

Romans 8:35-39

Ephesians 2:4-7