WHAT JESUS GAVE

What a contrast from the lowly estate Jesus chose compared to the holy position He had in heaven. He owned the world and everything in it. The angelic choir filled the heavens with His praise.

2 Corinthians 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

At Bethlehem Christ was born into the poorest of circumstances. He had no place to call His own. The ground was His couch, the meadow His table, trees His roof, rocks His pillow, and the brook His basin. When others went to their houses, Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives.

Jesus gave His face to the kiss of the betrayer, His cheeks to the strikers, His back to the scourgers, His brow to the thorns, His beard to the pluckers, His shoulders to the cross, His hands and feet to the nails, and His forgiveness to the ignorant. He gave His salvation to the thief, His mother to His disciple John, His spirit to His Father, and His side to the spear.

Why? For the redemption of you and me. Amazing Grace how sweet the sound.