For many Christians, the Old Testament can be a minor hang up for the New Testament. However, Jesus summed up the whole of the Law and the Prophets in 53 words in Matthew 22:37-40, but take note there is only one thing they have in common, love.
What does Christ teach us that love is?
The answer, John 15:13, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Following that, we are met with the Cross of Calvary, where John 15:13 played out to its fullest, and we learn of the good news of God’s love for humanity.
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I knew Jayden when he was a teen at my church in Lincoln. Since then he has become ordained in the Old Catholic Church of the Americas, part of a movement that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1874. Old Catholics share similar beliefs with Roman Catholics, except they do not require clergy to be celibate and do not believe in papal infallibility and supremacy. Jayden is a bishop-elect and serves congregations in Lincoln and North Platte.
The good news is always an announcement, and the foundation of that announcement is, as Jayden says, “God’s love for humanity.” This love was supremely demonstrated in Jesus and his willingness to die on the cross for us. The Apostle Paul says succinctly, “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8 NIV).
We must never proclaim a gospel that does not lift up God's love for sinners. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16 NIV).
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Next post: Tuesday, December 12, “Grace, Hope, Mercy Where None Should Be Found” from Rachael Denhollander
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