No Other Rock

Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8

Continuing with our devotions where the Cross is the focal point, I felt compelled to detail the account below as presented by Baxter for today’s message. Keep in mind that this is a very real event that did occur. Then, consider the magnitude:

It is not merely that Christ was put to death for us. He “died”, that is, He voluntarily and deliberately yielded Himself up to it for us. His death was not merely an execution inflicted upon Him, or a savage injustice which just happened; it was an externally significant ordeal which He himself purposefully underwent with a view to our redemption . . . Triunity foreknew it, and anticipated it, and overruled it, so that Sin’s foulest revolt became Love’s sublimest victory. Yes, He “died”. What it cost Him we can never know, except in distant dimness; but the enormity of anguish involved in bearing the damning weight of human sin, from the beginning to the end of time, He knowingly determined to bear. Such was His love for us. Oh, how we should love Him!

Today, my prayer for you and I is that we will work toward loving others – even those we hate – with the a more Christ-like compassion.