✝ Daily Encouragement (3/28/24) "The Full Extent Of His Love"
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Thursday, March 28, 2024
 "The Full Extent Of
His Love"
"Maundy
Thursday"
Message
summary:
This Maundy Thursday we commemorate that which God has done for us in demonstrating the full extent of His love through His death on Calvary's Cross.
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"Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and
go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He now showed them the full extent of His love" (John 13:1).
Man of Sorrows, Lamb of
God
By His own betrayed The sin of men and wrath of God Has been on Jesus laid Today is Maundy Thursday, also referred to as Holy Thursday. It is the day we thoughtfully contemplate the evening when Jesus gathered with His disciples in the Upper Room for the Last Supper. This is also the setting where Jesus, in the role of a servant, washed the disciples' feet and warned them of that which was about to happen.
A simple explanation of the word, "Maundy" is that it is a
derivative from the Latin "mandatum" a word for mandate or command. This night He said, "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you" (John 13:24).
The chapter
begins,
"Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father".
All though the gospels he had alluded to His ultimate purpose but now He knew the time had come. It's interesting that the focus in this phrase is not His imminent suffering but rather His return to His
Father.
At this time Jesus would show
"the full extent of His
love". Surely, this was primarily looking to His suffering and death. But He also showed His love through serving His disciples. His servant's heart was visible as He washed their feet (John 13:12-17). Churches of various backgrounds continue to practice this act of servanthood since Jesus told the disciples, "Now that I, Your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet" (John 13:14).*
When we gather around the Lord's Table to partake of Communion we obey His command from the night He was betrayed. This observance was directed by God to be a memorial as a lasting ordinance of our redemption and, believers in the last 2000 years, continue to obey these solemn words of our Lord, "Do this in remembrance of Me". The apostle Paul instructs the church, "For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26). "The full extent of His love" is translated in various ways (see here). Most versions translate "He loved them to the end". The Amplified Bible states: "And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree" . The IVP commentary expounds on this passage: "Love is the laying down of one's life, and therefore to love completely means to love to the end of one's life. The love that has been evident throughout continues right up to the end. At the end, in the crucifixion, we will see the ultimate revelation of that love, that is, its full extent". This Maundy Thursday we especially remember what Christ has done for us in demonstrating the full extent of His love through His death on Calvary's Cross:
1. We remember His supreme sacrifice for us, as
"God made
Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21).
2. We remember His great love for us, as "God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). 3. We remember His redemption plan for us, as He "gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good" (Titus 2:14). 4. We remember His grace-filled provision for us, as "He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all--how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?" (Romans 8:32). Now my debt is
paid
It is paid in full By the precious blood That my Jesus spilled Now the curse of sin has no hold on me Whom the Son sets free, oh, is free indeed!
Be encouraged
today,
Hebrews
3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer:
Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. You willingly became the sacrificial Lamb whose substitutionary death freed me from the heavy shackles of sin, degradation, and eternal damnation. We thank You, Jesus, Man of Sorrows, for showing the world the full extent of Your love. My response to Your act of mercy and grace toward me is that I place my faith in You and recognize that Your love; so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all. Amen. * "You also should wash one another's feet"
. Many churches take this figuratively in the
sense that we should also serve one another. But other churches practice literal foot washing. For many years we attended a church that did so each year on Maundy Thursday and we both found it very meaningful. Here's an older daily encouragement with several photos that describe this service.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
"Man Of Sorrows"
Watch on YouTube Joelle Perez, David Quimba, Mark Rasmussen (Note: The lyrics used in today's message are from this newer song similar to an old hymn with the same title.)
"Man of sorrows" is taken
from
Isaiah 53:3
, "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not".
Isaiah 53 is often considered the greatest Messianic prophecy in the Bible. It
describes the forthcoming Messiah as a "Man of sorrows" surely focusing on His deepest season of suffering which begins just after His Last Supper followed by His arrest, trial, sufferings and the Cross.
"Man Of Sorrows" Watch on YouTube Reawaken Hymns This is the old hymn with the same title written by Philip P. Bliss in the 1800's. Reawaken hymns maintains the same lyrics and tune but uses modern instrumentation. Man of Sorrows What a Name!
- the story behind the hymn Watch on YouTube
 Brooksyne's note:
When Ester was in Elementary School I enjoyed baking treats for her classes over
those years, especially seasonal treats. Well, that's long gone but I still get an opportunity when I deliver these Easter "basket" treats to the children up the road in a one room Amish school. I have the pleasure of stopping at each desk and giving a quiet greeting as they look up with a smile and politely thank me. And it never fails that the teacher invites me to take a seat so that the children can sing a hymn for me. I provide the snack for eating but they provide the real
spiritual treat.
"Major Events of the Holy
Week"
The four gospels cover the life of Christ, a period of about 33 years. Most of this material deals with the 3½ year period of His ministry. However an astounding 30 of the 89 accumulative chapters in the gospels deal with the period from Christ's triumphal entry through His resurrection and post-resurrection appearances. Mathematically this means that approximately 33% of the written material in the gospels deals with a mere .05% period of His life! In the providence of God we have a much greater proportion of material dealing with God's greatest act of mercy in providing our redemption. Here's an interesting chart from a Study Bible that may be helpful as you study the life of Christ this week. It sure helps me to have a sense of when the events took place and is inspiring to read these Scriptures in the daily sequence leading up to Easter. Sunday Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem: Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:29-40; John 12:12-19 Monday Jesus Clears the Temple: Matthew 21:12,13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45,46 Tuesday/Wednesday Jesus' authority challenged in the temple: Matthew 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8 Jesus teaches stories and confronts the Jewish leaders: Matthew 21:28-23:36; Mark 12:1-40; Luke 20:9-47 Greeks ask to see Jesus: John 12:20-26 The Olivet Discourse: Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21:5-38 Judas agrees to betray Jesus: Matthew 26:14-16; Mark 14:10,11; Luke 22:3-6 Thursday The Last Supper: Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:14-20 Jesus speaks to the disciples in the upper room: John 13-17 Jesus struggles in Garden of Gethsemane: Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1 Jesus is betrayed and arrested: Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12 Friday Jesus is tried by Jewish and Roman authorities and disowned by Peter: Matthew 26:57-27:2, 11-31; Mark 14:53-15:20; Luke 22:54-23:25; John 18:13-19:16 Jesus is crucified and buried: Matthew 27:31-56; Mark 15:20-41; Luke 23:26-49; John 19:17-30 Sunday The glorious resurrection: Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18 (This material is developed from an outline in the Life Application Bible)  Send a message to Stephen & Brooksyne
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