" Rejecting CHRIST's Love "

Matthew 23:37   " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! "

     JESUS CHRIST came  "to seek and to save that which was lost"  (Luke 19:10). Even HIS name - JESUS - which means  "Salvation of JEHOVAH," declared not only HIS Person but also HIS purpose. Since no human being can save himself from sin and no church or religious leader can take away one's sin, GOD provided the ONLY solution to mankind's dilemma: JESUS CHRIST. That is why HE declared of HIMSELF,  "I AM the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the FATHER, but by ME"  (John 14:6). GOD gave the clearest demonstration of HIS love to us when HE gave HIS only begotten SON  (John 3:16). GOD "spared not HIS OWN SON, but delivered HIM up for us all" (Romans 8:32) - for the entire human race. CHRIST willingly gave HIS life so that we might live. JESUS said,  "I AM the GOOD SHEPHERD: the GOOD SHEPHERD giveth HIS life for the sheep"  (John 10:11).  "No man taketh it from ME, but I lay it down of MYSELF"  (John 10:18), and HE did so when we were in and utterly hopeless and helpless condition (Romans 5:6, 8).

   But in spite of CHRIST's love for the world, people continue to reject the SAVIOR and HIS love.  "HE came unto HIS OWN, and HIS OWN received HIM not"  (John 1:11). And whoever rejects CHRIST rejects all that HE provides - forgiveness of sin, eternal life, Heaven, peace, rest, etc. Prior to the time when JESUS CHRIST died for the sins of the whole world, HE wept over Jerusalem, and said, "How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not !" (v.37). Do not refuse to come to CHRIST; your eternal destiny is at stake. If you have not already done so, come to HIM today (John 1:12; Matthew 11:28-30). PNF

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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