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How voluntary was the death of our Lord Jesus! Five times we read that He “gave Himself.”
He gave Himself for our sins (Galatians:1: 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father
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He gave Himself a ransom for all (2 Timothy:2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.).
He loved the church and gave Himself for it (Ephesians:5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
How blessed it is to know that He gave Himself for us (Titus:2:14. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.).
But what a personal privilege to be able to say that He loved me and gave Himself for me (Galatians:2:20. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.).
—Jim Flanigan, Choice Gleanings 2011
How voluntary was the death of our Lord Jesus! Five times we read that He “gave Himself.”
He gave Himself for our sins (Galatians:1: 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father
.
He gave Himself a ransom for all (2 Timothy:2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.).
He loved the church and gave Himself for it (Ephesians:5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
How blessed it is to know that He gave Himself for us (Titus:2:14. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.).
But what a personal privilege to be able to say that He loved me and gave Himself for me (Galatians:2:20. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.).
—Jim Flanigan, Choice Gleanings 2011
