Deuteronomy 10:20-21
You shall fear the Lord (YHWH) your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name. He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.
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Today's verse pretty much says it all! The great things that the Lord our God has done for us—so many, if not the majority, of which were done for us before we were even born. Things that we might see with the eyes of our hearts, as Paul prayed for us. {Eph.1:18} Rejoicing that our names were written in the Lambs Book of Life from the foundations of the world.
 
And what greater thing could our Father have done for us than to give His only begotten Son, the Lord, the King of Kings, Jesus to die on the cross in our place to remove the stain of our sin and make us right with Him? The free gift of God was more costly than any other gift in the history of the world!

I love sharing the good news of Jesus, the Word of God as I have been doing for so long—however, I certainly know that in doing that some seemingly 'bad' news must be included. As the apostle Paul was able to say, “For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.” {Acts 20:27}.

In these perilous days the leaders of a number of very large, well known, churches have publicly said that they will not preach about sin and hell because it turns people away. They have filled the pews of their buildings to overflowing as they comfort the flesh! Unfortunately, they have succumbed to the wiles of the devil, the father of lies who is interested in a horrible eternal result in those lives. Jesus always spoke to please our Father, not to please men!

And a quick note: When we buy something it is customary to get a receipt, and Jesus did! Think of the soldiers as they drove the nails to hold Him on the cross of Calvary. Every stroke was inscribing our names in the palms of His hands just as Isaiah had prophesied so long before! {Is.49:16} A receipt indeed!

Oh, and another ‘by the way’ is that it was not those nails that held Him to the cross, He could have called 12 legions of angels, literally thousands. He did not! It was His love that held Him to that cross

We should indeed hold Him in awe, serve Him, cling to Him and yes, praise Him with all of our being! He is indeed worthy of our praise! Think about it, meditate on it, and rejoice because of it! When you finish this why not take a few moments and read Psalm 150—the correct response to the gift of life.
 
There is a beautiful old hymn that asks, 'Were you there when they crucified My Lord?' It was a song from the heart of African slaves here in America that was first published in the 1800's. Every question deserves an answer, so I will answer, at least for my part, “Yes I was!”

“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.”  (Galatians 2:20)
 
CHRIST, MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT, OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT BLEMISH TO GOD