Leviticus 25:1-55; Psalm 139:1-24; Mark 10:1-31
The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all…Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. Isaiah 53:6, 10
“What kind of a father would let his son be abused and killed?” His dark, youthful eyes brimmed with challenge—from his perspective it was unfathomable —but the class gasped at the audacity of the question. Love! Love is the simple yet profound answer and the only hope for lost humanity. The cross demonstrates God’s love for us; Christ’s love for His Father and for His own. Our Saviour as hated, rejected, wounded, and punished for our evil so that we
can experience God’s love and forgiveness. —Caroline Webb
What was it, blessed God, led Thee to give Thy Son,
To yield Thy well-beloved for us by sin undone?
‘Twas love unbounded led Thee thus,
To give Thy well-beloved for us. —Anne Taylor Gilbert