Why did He do it?

1 Corinthians 13
 1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

The greatest example of love in history took place the day Jesus willingly went to the cross to die for all of us. How much greater love could anyone exhibit than to die for the sins of others?

Have you ever been accused of a crime or act you did not commit? Do you remember how violated you felt being accused of something you had nothing to do with. What an injustice to have to feel that pain, and to know you were not guilty. Well, Jesus accepted all the blame, all the punishment, all the wrath of His Father for our sins. He did it because He was the embodiment of the love described in Chapter 13 of First Corinthians. He did it all because of His great and deep love for you.

He asks only one thing in return, accept that love. Imagine that, all He asks is that you
accept Him! In all our lives, we have probably never done any act of kindness, and expected so little in return. What should you do?
Say yes.

the pilgrim