RADICAL LOVE

RADICAL LOVE


Unabashedly, unashamed, the
Radical love of Jesus cleanses
Me of sin's torment, healed me
Of the pain that separated me

From peace and joy...God gave
Unapologetically, unleashed...
No boundaries could contain
Him, loving to such extreme

Degree that bound his Son to
Pay the price that ransomed me,
And the whole world watched,
By his blood, he lay himself

Down as the sacrificial Lamb,
And lifted himself up in my place
A substitute for all to see, on the
Cross his love came pouring in,

Streaming through the window
Of the souls of men, no longer
Bound, but freely given...victory!

by Cheryl Ellen Baxter ©          



RELATED SCRIPTURES

 
Isaiah 53:4-12 -- Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
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Galatians 3:13 -- Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree