"The Ultimate Sacrifice" -2

"Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters." (Psalms 114:8)

 It is the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus performed, that the Father provided; it was only needed to be done once, unlike all the other sacrifices, His was from Him, to Him, and for all of us! What more could ever me needed? The Creator of the heavens and earth provided Himself a sacrifice for His creation! I don't think that a lot of people really understand what that represents, and the powerful message that puts forth about how much He loves us, the people He has created. I know you have heard this all before, but God formed man with His own hands from the dust of the ground; and then He breathed His Spirit into them, and they became a living soul. (Genesis 2:7) I mention that, only because it is implied that God created everything else by speaking it into existence, but man He took a little extra work of forming, because He was making him into His image. Incredible! Unspeakable! Unfathomable! Can we see the implication being made? How can it be, and why can't we understand it? That the same kind of 'Hands-On' work was put into the redemption of mankind and was put into the creation of mankind! He did not just speak it, even though Jesus was the Word, but He did it manually, and in the flesh! Oh how He loves us! The same hands that formed man, redeemed man, by being nail to a cross...

"The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. As the Scriptures say, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent." So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world's brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom. So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it's all nonsense. But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. The foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God's weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength." (1 Corinthians 1:18-25) NLT