The greatest act of sacrificial love provided is by God and He did this on our behalf. He laid down His life for His friends and sacrificed Himself for us. Oh what an honor. This love is sacrificial and undeserved.
Paul writes in Romans 5:7-8, “For one will scarcely die for a righteous person, though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” The greatest act of sacrificial love was when Jesus willingly (John 10:18) sacrificed His life to free us from our bondage to sin "so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin" (Romans 6:6). Jesus laid down His life for you and calls you "Friend".
Consider this for a moment, the Christian is a friend with the Creator of this world. Jesus is my friend. He is your friend too. This friendship isn't all one-sided, He has showed that He is a friend; we must also show that we are His friends by doing what He tells us to do. That commandment was "Love one another. As I have loved you, so you are to love one another". We show that we are friends of Jesus by the quality of love and self-sacrifice that we show.
Further Scripture Study: John 13:34; John 1:14; Philippians 2:7-8
Declare This: Heaven Father, I thank You for making me Your friend and for laying down Your life just for me. I will increase my love for others and genuinely give of this love in Jesus name Amen.
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