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He Loved ME So!
He Loved ME So!
Greg King
When the apostle Paul wrote in Galatians 2:20 he spoke of Jesus "who loved me and gave himself for me." We sing the hymn on occasion, “Why Did My Savior Come To Earth”.
It’s hard to imagine the kind of love required to move one to leave a place of perfection and come to this world, especially when He knew the suffering He would face? "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich." 2 Corinthians 8:9
We can see He was "exceedingly sorrowful" at Gethsemane. We can see the agony as He prayed that the cup might pass from Him but insisted that He would carry through with the Father's will so that sinners might be saved.
It’s hard to imagine the pain and disappointment as Judas betrays Him; the other disciples forsake Him and flee; and Peter denies three times that he even knows Him. He is mocked, blindfolded (Mark 14:65), spat on, and slapped. Matthew 26:67-68
It is hard to imagine some of the pain He experienced when the brutal scourging cut the flesh of His back. The humiliation of the scarlet robe, crown of thorns, and reed scepter.
At Calvary the Lord was subjected to shame and humiliation as His clothes were stripped from Him and divided among the soldiers. Insults continued to be hurled at Him. And of course He suffered that horrible, incredibly painful death on the cross (Matthew 27:35-51). "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:5
It is hard to imagine why He would allow Himself to be subjected to such treatment. The answer is even harder to imagine. Because He loved ME so!
