Cross My Heart

The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is RealReal stuff cost more.This is real love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us… 1 John 4:10 NLTMy confidence is in Gods capacity, His character and most of all His compassion.When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am theLord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Isaiah 43:2-3 ESVReal love is the most obvious and impressive when things are hard not when things are easy.Real love was displayed on the Cross and resurrected with Christ when He walked out of the tomb.Only when we are alive in Christ are fully capable of Christlike love.The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Selfless.This is real love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take awayour sins. 1 John 4:10 NLTBut God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 ESVThe most inexplicable evidence for creation in the universe is selfless love of Christ.Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 ESVThe love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Limitless.Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 ESVGod’s love can bear the weight of your life and history, and your present pain and strain.The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Certain.And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neitherangels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow, not even the powers of hellcan separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below. indeed, nothing in allcreation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 8:38-39 NLTThe Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a sonand will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). Isaiah 7:14 NLTThe love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Yours!God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are. Phil YanceyFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish buthave eternal life. John 3:16 ESVGod loves each of us as if there were only one of us. AugustineFear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you,I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 ESV