As pastors, we decided a few weeks back to do a sermon series together on the subject of “Why Did Jesus Come?” a fitting series for this time of year as we give thanks to God for the incarnation! Some may think such a series rather presumptuous as it is often impossible to get to the “why” of things…
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Jeremiah 31:3
I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
How deeply have you considered the love of God towards you, believer? Is it something that crosses your mind during your busy days or fills your thoughts during restless nights? Have you noted it as we sing some of the great hymns of our faith, like the penetrating words of the 3rd verse of the hymn
He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
Imagine, if you will, your most embarrassing moment. I am not talking about some small thing like your cell phone going off in church and everyone hearing the embarrassing song that is your ring tone (by the way, you know who you are). No, I am asking you to think about a moment of deep embarrassment.
