BBD 09.13.17 The Love Letter (New)
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Since June 8th 1998, this
is the 1786th
Burning Bush Devotional
13 September 2017
The Love Letter
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. – John 3:16
NKJV.
By this we know love, because He laid down His
life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. – 1 John 3:16 NKJV.
My first writing effort
was a love letter that I wrote in the second or third grade. The letter was
very simple and consisted of Dear
______, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you…filling up
the entire page and signing my name at the end. I wrote it and mailed it on a
Friday or Saturday. Back then you did not need to know the person’s address to
send a letter to them. Just the name, and the name of the town and state would
usually work. In our little community, just a person’s name on an envelope
would have been enough.
I was very shy and
introverted, and the girl that received the letter was likely surprised by it.
Now, to those boys and girls contemplating writing a love letter like that, I
would not recommend it. Because people will talk about you behind your back,
and laugh at you, and make you feel like a fool (Actually it was kind of a
foolish thing to do….). So, after that experience I never wrote another letter
like that!
The Good News is that
God has written us a love letter, and it is called the Bible. God’s love letter
is signed with the blood of Jesus Christ who is the Word of God become flesh: “And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of
the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).” Before the
foundation of the world God loved us and knew the ultimate cost of that love
would be the cross “ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation
of the world…(Ephesians 1:4a).” In 1 Peter 1:19-20a we are told,
“but with
the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. He indeed was foreordained
before the foundation of the world….”
God knew before the
foundation of the world that His only begotten Son would die a
horrific death on a cruel Roman cross. God knew before the foundation of the
world that His only begotten Son would be made fun of,
would be spit on, would be beaten and hung upon a tree. God knew that the human
beings that He loved so much would kill the Prince of Life (Acts 3:15) but God
also knew that Jesus would be raised from the dead.
The Prince of Life God’s only begotten Son is knocking
at the door of your heart and wants to come in (Revelation 3:20). Will you
let Him in, or will you be joined throughout eternity with those shouting “Crucify
Him, crucify Him! (John 19:6)?”
God loves
you, and He has demonstrated that love. God has done all that He can, will you
turn from your sins and receive Jesus as your Savior? “But as many as received Him,
to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in
His name (John 1:12).”
There is only One only begotten Son of God, but
how amazing that God wants to make you His adopted son or daughter! How amazing,
beyond anything a human being would do! “For when we were still without strength, in
due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a
righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare
to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward
us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:6-8 NKJV).”
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