To the One Whose Love For You Knows No End

 

Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.  Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!"  John 19:5

Do I understand why Jesus went down this road of humiliation?  

• Oh, the love that drew salvation's plan - love and salvation for you and me!  
• Two millennia ago, there stood a sorry spectacle outside the governor's palace, 
• in part because Jesus had my name before His gaze - 
• a name He had graven on the palms of those hands that would be pierced by cruel nails (Isaiah 49:16).

May I never be like the riotous crowd, 

• mocking Christ's humility, 
• nor like Pilate, looking for Christ to be impressed with me. 

Instead, let me behold this Man in all His humility - 

• holding His reed, 
• bearing His crown, 
• wearing this costume, 
• hanging on that cross - and see Him beckoning.  

Let me behold the Man, 

• and know beyond all doubt 
• that His love for me knows no end.

Adapted Excerpt From Truth for Life Volume 1, by Alistair Begg