[Discoveries] 05-21-08 What Jesus offers -- Matthew 26:28

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the 
forgiveness of sins. -- Matthew 26:28*/

I'm struck here by the intimacy of what Jesus is sharing with us. He 
passes the cup to us and says, "This is My very life. I'm offering it to 
you."

We just arrived at the table. But God set this table in eternity past, 
knowing that we could bring nothing to it. He set each place knowing the 
cost. Yet without the cost, without the debt being paid, no forgiveness 
is possible -- by God or by men.

How reckless! How God spends Himself for us -- with no assurance that we 
will love Him back.

People tell me that I am a risk taker. But I don't understand this kind 
of risk. God gave what was most precious, most personal, most vulnerable 
-- He gave it freely, and here we stand, overwhelmed.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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