Jesus Loves Me This I Know, But Why Does He Love Me?

My Utmost For His Highest

 

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. —2 Corinthians 5:21

 

“The modern view of the death of Jesus is that He died for our sins out of sympathy for us. Yet the New Testament view is that He took our sin on Himself not because of sympathy, but because of His identification with us. He was “made…to be sin….” Our sins are removed because of the death of Jesus, and the only explanation for His death is His obedience to His Father, not His sympathy for us. We are acceptable to God not because we have obeyed, nor because we have promised to give up things, but because of the death of Christ, and for no other reason. We say that Jesus Christ came to reveal the fatherhood and the lovingkindness of God, but the New Testament says that He came to take “away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29).” CHAMBERS

 

Here is something to think about.  John 3:16 says “God” loved us so God sent His Son.  It does not say Jesus asked the Father to send Him because of Jesus love for us. Bear with me.  So Jesus didn’t come out of motivation of love for us, but out of motivation to obey the Father. It was because of the Father’s love that Jesus came.  Now we also know that Jesus and the Father are one. John 17:21, John 10:30 It was the love for the Father that was Jesus’ motivation. (This is my opinion and you may not find it written anywhere) That is not to say that Jesus does not love us.  John 15:13 “No greater love has one man than this, but to lay down his life for his friends.”  But the motivation for going to the cross was obedience.  The love of the father flowed through the life of the Son.  1 John 4:19 “We love because He first loved us.”  And so, like Jesus, when we love God first that love will flow from us toward other people.  Matthew 22:37-39 What we do in this world should be in the context of obedience to the Father, made possible by the sacrifice of the Son, and the indwelling of the Spirit.  And like Jesus, we offer ourselves as living sacrifices out of obedience to the Father. Romans 12:1 The word “Father” means source.  And God the Father is the Source of all things – all means all.  Can I hear a Hallelujah and an Amen.  ELGIN