Day 22: The Greatest Love Story in Eternity

Read Mark 15-16

“And he said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has Risen; He is not here.’” -Mark 16:6

Food for thought:
The world calls us on a journey…
Come search for your one true love…seek your perfect love story…chase your own ‘happily ever after.’

Well, here’s the good best & greatest news. We are all entangled in the ultimate love story in eternity. The purest love tale in the cosmos that is so unbelievable, incredible, scandalous and beautifully perfect that no place nor era in existence, past-present-future, can fathom the magnitude of this love.

This is the intimate & universal love story between Christ & you…
…between Christ & me…between Christ & those who were, who are and who will be…

Believer, non-believer, Indian, Australian, American, White, Black, Yellow, Red, the salvation offered through His death and resurrection is available to all of us sinners. Because of His grace, mercy & abundant love.

Scriptural Notes from Mark 15-16:
Mark 15

• Christ, the King of Kings, remained submissive and focused on the true objective. He was mocked, scoffed at, brutalized and died in accord with God’s grand plan for our redemption. Christ only needed to will it, He could have appeared before all of those who ridiculed Him in His full majesty, impossible to be harmed and perfect. But He loved us so…so much that the Creator of everything endured physical & emotional torment beyond our comprehension because it was the only way to save us from eternal damnation.
• With the exception of mankind, all of creation could not bear to witness Christ’s anguish. The skies darkened, the veil tore, and the earth shook.
• Consider this chapter with this thought: Humankind crucified and condemned Christ, but we did not kill him. It is foolish to think that we, the creation, could kill our creator. Instead Christ offered His life to be taken. He became the perfect sacrifice, one that was unmarred but fully aware that He was the salvation and atonement for all mankind.

Mark 16

• Death could not hold him. Death was the price for the sinful. Christ was without blemish but died and in doing so abolished death and rose again triumphantly.
• He entrusted the few to spread the Good news of Salvation. Mark explains his encounters with Mary Magdalene, the two disciples and the eleven apostles. He used the few to reach what is currently 2.4 billion individuals who identify themselves as Christians. Let the joy of this love story pour out of you.

Ponder this:
What hinders us from fully embracing the love Christ has gifted us with?

That’s my jam:
Take a minute a listen to the following song & let the lyrics pierce your heart in their simplicity and poignancy. Without Christ we are lost & dead, but in His love, He made a way. Amen.

The Way – Worship Central (Featuring Tim Hughes)

I was nowhere, You came to my rescue
From the grave I’ve been raised
When I needed a Savior to save me
Jesus, You made a way
I was blind but these eyes have been opened
Now I walk in the light
Every step on this road, I will follow
Jesus, You made a way

You are the way
You are the way
Lost and dead but Your love came to find me
Jesus, You are the way
You are the way
You are the way
You’re the light shining bright in the darkness
Jesus, You are the way
Jesus, the only way 

All my days are secure in Your promise
Never standing alone
You’re the Truth, You’re the Life, You’re my future
Jesus, You made a way
I’m alive in the Love that You give me
Free to dance once again
You will lead me from glory to glory
Jesus, You made a way

- Chris Abraham