He's unafraid brave very courageous. He makes heroic sacrifices to help others. He's the kind of Person that will go straight into the pain to save you knowing that nails are going to be driven into His hands and feet but He keeps on going anyway. We humans love Unselfish Courageous Givers and that's who Jesus is. So I love Him ~ and I like Him and want to be like Him too. He hurts when His friends hurt. He feels their sorrows. He was moved to tears when His friend Lazarus died and He saw Lazarus's sister Mary grieving crying heart-broken. The Lord Jesus is soft-hearted, tender-hearted, warm-hearted and He feels sympathy. He cares about people. He's not a self-seeker. He loves others more than He loves Himself. "I came not to do my will. but the will of Him who sent me." No wonder the Lord Jesus has over 2 billion followers worldwide. And these are just the ones we know about. He's an interesting Person because He's creative. Andromeda, Orion, Mount Everest, and the Bahamas are a small sample of His creative work. He has a magnificent imagination. He designed and created the men who designed and created the iphone. He created beautiful flowers and butterflies. He designed blues, reds, and the greens of summer and the entire color spectrum ~ quite beautiful it is too. And He's lovable. To know Him is to love Him. And I do. He can be as justifiably harsh and tough as He needs to be to defend Truth. To the Pharisees: "You blind fools" you make your converts "twice as much a child of hell as you are . . . You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?" Remember He was speaking the truth to murderers in His first century "wicked and adulterous generation" who had cold-blooded hate in their hearts. Later on they wanted to murder the Lord Jesus. "So from that day on they plotted to take His life" John 11:53. Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead and Lazarus was the living breathing empirical evidence that Jesus was who He said He was, "So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well." John 12:10 The good news: The huge majority of humanity is not like those murderous Pharisees. The human race, as a race, will be saved. The Apostle John: "I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language" praising God for their salvation. Rev. 7:9-12 So? So . . . God has a plan to fix the world. It needs fixing 'cause men wrecked it with their Sin ~ Jesus came to put it all back right and He is going to do exactly that. "I am making everything new", said the Lord Jesus. There will come a time when "He will wipe every tear from their eyes" and "the old order of things has passed away" and there'll "be no more death or mourning or crying or pain." Rev. 21:4 Loving kindhearted Magnificent Courageous Savior, Thou hast conquered Satan, Sin, and Death for us all. Hallelujah and thank You Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit for saving the lost human race. We love You. JAG May 4, 2021
