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