THE MERCIFUL ONE

HE DIDN'T COME TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, HE CAME TO SAVE IT.....


HE WAS BORN TO A VIRGIN, THE SON OF GOD, LIVING IN A HUMAN
BODY.....
HE FELT HUNGER, COLD, FATIGUE...THE FULL RANGE OF THE HUMAN
EXPERIENCE.....SO, HE KNOWS OUR FLAWS, OUR WEAKNESSES, OUR
HEARTS AND MINDS....WE CANNOT FOOL HIM.


WHILE HE WAS HERE, HE PREACHED THE GOSPEL, THE GOOD NEWS....
THAT GOD, HIS FATHER AND OURS, LOVES US AND IS WILLING TO
FORGIVE HUMANITY FOR ITS/OUR SINS. HE WAS THE lamb, THE
SACRIFICE, THE PENALTY PAID FOR THOSE SINS.....


IN THE BODY OF JESUS, GOD ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE TORTURED AND
KILLED AT THE HANDS OF THE MEN THAT HE CREATED....IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE AN ESCAPE FROM THE CONDEMNATION THAT ADAMS
DISOBEDIANCE HAD BROUGHT UPON THEMSELVES AND ALL OF US....


JESUS TOOK ALL OF OUR SINS, THE WORLDS SINS UPON HIMSELF, A MAN
WHO HAD COMMITTED NO SIN, HE WAS INNOCENT....


WHY??


HE DID IT, HE ENDURED THE PAIN, THE SHAME OF OUR SIN OUT OF
LOVE, LOVE FOR HUMANITY....THAT HAD DISOBEYED HIS LAW, THAT
REBELLED AGAINST HIS AUTHORITY....REBELLED AGAINST THE GOD
WHOM WE ARE DEPENDANT UPON FOR EVERYTHING, THE VERY AIR
THAT WE BREATH......


HE IS THE MERCIFUL ONE.




                                                                        RONALD J LAMB