| Our verse to DATE the Word on February 14 (2/14) is Titus 2:14 |
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| Titus 2:14 says, “who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” |
| For God, LOVE is spelled G A V E!! On Valentine’s Day, our thoughts naturally turn to LOVE. While Titus 2:14 does not have the word LOVE in it, it is saturated with LOVE as it tells how Jesus Christ GAVE HIMSELF for us. He GAVE HIMSELF so we could be REDEEM as we could never pay the price that was owed. His death PURCHASED us out of the slave market of sin. He GAVE Himself in order to CLEANSE US from our filthiness and stains of sin that we could never get clean. He GAVE Himself so He could HAVE us as His own special people, called in Ephesians His BRIDE. OH, HOW JESUS LOVED and LOVES US!! OH, HOW JESUS LOVED YOU AND LOVES YOU! When seeking to define LOVE one of the first words that comes to mind is GIVES! LOVE GIVES! LOVE SACRIFICES!!! LOVE DOES for another what one could never DO for themselves. LOVE GIVES for another what one could never GET for themselves. You might recall what Jesus said in John 15:13. It says, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” He laid down His life for us. He died for us. He GAVE HIS LIFE for us, for you! May I encourage you to take a quick minute and consider the GIVING of Christ starting with our verse for 2/14? Let His love saturate your heart! Titus 2:14 says, “who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” Galatians 1:4 who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 1 Timothy 2:6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all–the testimony that was given at just the right time. 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the spirit, Revelation 1:5-6 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has washed us, released us from our sins by His blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nations.” John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), With outstretched hands upon a rugged wooden cross, Jesus Christ shouts to I LOVE YOU. He calls to you to BE MINE! Have accepted Him? If you have accepted His invitation to BE HIS I propose we should be now asking Him what shall we give back to Him who has given His all for us. The answer is to WORSHIP Him AND go to WORK for Him!!! As He GAVE His life for us, we now GIVE Him our life! As He fulfilled the Father’s will we now seek to know and to DO HIS WILL with our lives. Verse to DATE the Word on February 14 (2/14) is Titus 2:14. It says, “who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” John 15:13 Continue Strong knowing JESUS LOVES YOU! And remember to DATE THE WORD |