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He Laid Down His Life
“And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit: and having said thus, He gave up the ghost” (Luke 23:46).
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
No one else could ever give up their life in this way. Only the divine Son of God could say, “I lay down My life” (John 10:15). He then could further add, “Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of My Father” (John 10:17-18).
It is a wonderful thing to meditate on the sacrificial death of the Lord Jesus at Calvary, and to realize that it was all for the glory of God His Father and for our eternal blessing. It is a precious truth and an awesome reality to be able to say, “He laid down His life for us” (1 John 3:16). And it is a marvelous thing to be able to echo with the Apostle Paul, “The Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
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