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       SACRIFICIAL LOVE 

At this Easter season we think of Love and God's Sacrifice on our behalf.  He died for our sins that we might have Eternal Life.  He Who knew no sin, became sin for us and took our punishment.  That Life is offered as a free gift! Will you accept that Gift? 

Here's a short 13 minute radio program about a present day sacrifice of love and what it means to us today.  Be blessed and share it with your friends. Have a blessed Easter.  Blessings, FHLM Staff

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amazing Interview......

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 WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!

"The  Gift"

 You can listen &/or just read this special devotional.

It was a place whose name

spoke of death and evil. 

It was stained with the blood of both the guilty and the innocent.  This place was the epitome of the world’s most notorious seat of torture and hate.  And today, evil reached its pinnacle as a thick veil of heavy darkness shrouded the hill of Golgotha, known as “the Place of the Skull.” 

Indeed, the darkest night had fallen over this place, yet it was still the middle of the day.  Truly this gruesome hill was not the picture of love, or rest, or peace or hope.  That is—not until today!

But He Who was all of these lovely virtues hung lifeless and forsaken on Golgotha’s cross.  To many it appeared that the Lord Jesus Christ had been silenced and the Light of the world extinguished forever.

How much more the added impact of hopelessness would now be felt in the midst of this unexplained blackness.  It was impossible
to grope or move about safely, or to breathe—the air was so thick.  Everyone was surrounded by these wild elements, yet Almighty God was in complete control.  Forced to turn His face away from His beloved Son, God poured out His wrath upon sin, indeed, upon the sins of the whole world—my sin and your sin—all was laid upon Jesus who knew no sin. What unspeakable agony!

The eerie darkness filled hearts with terrible dread. The earth continued to rumble. Earth-quakes shook the ground until the graves of dead men, finally, gave up their treasure to God.

And then, at last it seemed quiet and a sense of stillness crept over the place, as if the world was holding its breath.  Ancient prophecies had been completed and fulfilled.  Victory over sin and
death had been won, once and for all. It was over.

I imagined in my heart that all of Heaven must have wept bitterly.  Although the following scene was the creation of a screenwriter’s imagination, God used it to awaken my tired heart to realize afresh the great depth of God’s Love for me.  His sacrificial provision to redeem my lost soul cost Him everything.

In one of Hollywood’s made-for-television films, the scene was portrayed dramatically as the rains descended and flowed down the wooden stake that held the body of the beloved Christ, the Saviour of the world.  Rolling thunder, frightening displays of sheet lightning and bolts of fierce electricity seared through the sky—air to ground, ground to air—making the heavens seem alive with an indescribable power.

As I watched, the flow of rain washed over the Cross and the bloodstained body of my dear Saviour, His blood so willingly shed and His life so lovingly given—His life for mine, for yours.  It drained down to the ground, pooled at the foot of the Cross, breaking over its hill as if washing over my own feet and finally disappeared beyond
the embankment.  In that exact moment, I cried out in anguish. 

My heart was breaking as I choked back the tears, overwhelmed afresh with love and gratitude.  I prayed, “Thank you, dear Jesus, for truly washing me in the Blood of the Lamb, for cleansing me and for forgiving me of all my sins.  Thank you for making me Your child.”

I cried like a lost child, remembering what it was like to have been rescued from the dark.  I had seen my deep need of a Saviour, confessed my sin and given my heart to Jesus so many years ago.  I had become a brand new person with a new purpose for my life.  But tonight, although I cried until I was spent, I was at peace
because I was filled with His love.

This ugly Place of the Skull was Calvary, but for me it was a place that had been completely transformed.  My sin had been forever conquered. Truly the Gift of Life was offered to all, but I also knew that Jesus died in my place—the very place where I should have been—and now I owed my life to Him.  But that was only the beginning.  The Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and He is seated at the right hand of the Father, interceding for you and for me today.

The Bible says “now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).  But are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Dear one, will you also accept the Gift He has purchased for you with His own
lifeblood?  Oh, what a Gift! What a Saviour! What a Salvation!  Indeed, He is The Gift of Life!

If you do not yet know Him as your own personal Lord and Saviour, then please don’t put this decision off any longer.  Remember, Jesus loved you enough to die for you, and He rose up
from the dead to give each of us New Life—Eternal Life! 

Now, because He lives, we can sing that dear old hymn with new joy and great vigour, “Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?”—and you will be able to answer with complete certainty, “Yes!”

Excerpt from Jan's book, The Treasure of His Company. 

Pgs. 54-55 

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