Love's Eternal Pursuit: Jesus' Sacrifice for Us
Apr 13, 2025
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"The redemptive plan of God started with God's very own heart. It didn't start in a garden. It started with his character and who he is. It started with his love. We saw that love existed long before the words, let there be light, were ever spoken. Love already existed toward you and me in that time. And the bride was the bride of Christ was in God's heart from the start. And that love is the very meaning of creation. So God's recognizing something. We were not afterthoughts. We were forethoughts in God's heart." [00:55:57] (37 seconds)
"Jesus released his rightful position and his rightful privileges in the Godhead, not because he had to, but because love compelled him to do so. And this wasn't weakness. This is humility. It's divine strength, all wrapped up in surrender. 2 Corinthians 8 .9 says, Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. Now, guys, it's not necessarily talking about a financial sense. It's talking about spiritually. How many of you know, you don't get more spiritually rich than God, right? And you don't get more spiritually poor than humanity, right?" [01:03:16] (45 seconds)
"Jesus stepped into our limitations so that he could elevate us into his abundance. Have you got this? Would you have done this if you were God Almighty and could have and do anything you wanted to do? He stepped out, he stepped into our limitations so that he could elevate us into his abundance. Y 'all remember in John chapter 13, you remember when Jesus kneels and washes the disciples' feet? In that, guys, Jesus wasn't performing some religious ritual in that moment. This isn't, that's not what that was about. He was revealing his nature in that moment." [01:04:24] (43 seconds)
"Jesus didn't just suffer physically that's not so much the shame part what happened is he absorbed the emotional and the spiritual and the relational weight of our sin and our shame he took our place he bore our guilt and he chose to be cut off so that we could be brought in he carried our shame Isaiah 53 verse 3 says he was despised and rejected and if you go down to verse 6 it says and the lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all guys when you look at that we know he was despised and rejected but when you look at that the lord has laid on him the iniquity of who us us all right so the word iniquity it's not a word that we use a whole lot the word that's translated iniquity is the Hebrew word of on and it implies guilt perversion twistedness and an inward distortion of sin." [01:11:05] (72 seconds)
"Jesus didn't die to prove a point. His sacrifice, the sacrifice he made wasn't just, it wasn't supposed to be like a display of like moral superiority over humanity. It was an outpouring of passionate covenantal love is what the cross was. The cross wasn't as much a transaction as it was a proposal. What are we talking about? We're talking about the bride of Christ, right? So in Jewish marriage customs, soon I'm going to have to do a series on Jewish marriage soon. It's incredible. In ancient Jewish marriage customs, the groom would offer a bride price. It was called the mohar." [01:19:36] (51 seconds)
"Jesus paid the highest bride price. That's exactly what he was doing on Calvary's Hill 2 ,000 years ago. He paid the highest bride price, not in silver, not in gold, but in his own blood. And when he gave himself to the cross, he wasn't just saving sinners, he was sealing a covenant and he was paying a bride price. In fact, when you look at it, I had never seen this before. I read this and went looking at some different things. When you look at ancient manuscripts from the early church, when they refer to the crucifixion of Jesus, there's bridal language in it like would be used in a marriage because they recognized that it was more, it was more than just a man giving up his life." [01:21:03] (49 seconds)
"Stop wondering if you're loved. There are so many of us here today, and we still speak negative words over ourselves. Words we've heard others speak over the years. Negative words. Negative thoughts about our worth and our value. And it's all a lie. When the God of the universe says the opposite, it's all a lie. Stop wondering if you're loved. The cross already answered that question. Guys, you're not just barely tolerated. You are wildly wanted and desired by God. God. The price of pursuit was high, but Jesus paid it because you are worth it to him." [01:28:23] (60 seconds)
"Before you ever knew Him, before you ever wanted Him, before you ever chose Him, He pursued you. That is love. He didn't wait for you to be clean. He stepped right into your dirt. He stepped right into your shame. He stepped right into your guilt. He stepped right into your worst moment. He stepped right into your wounds. He stepped right into your disappointment. He stepped into all of it and he chose to carry it all on his back the king of glory wore a crown of thorns on his head because you were worth it to him today he still says you're worth it you're worth it that is love." [01:31:27] (58 seconds)
"Because you were the joy set before him that helped him to endure that agony the great price that had to be paid as he hung on that cross the joy set before him he saw on the other side of the cross he could see his redeemed bride dressed in white coming down the aisle he saw the joy of the other side and he made the choice I would rather die than lose her he stepped down from glory not to dominate but to dwell he carried our shame not because he had to but because you couldn't he laid down his life not just to save you from hell but to bring you into his heart." [01:32:40] (58 seconds)
"So don't walk out of this place today thinking that you're ordinary don't walk out of this place thinking you're an exception to the rule don't walk out of this place with your head hung low still thinking that you're less than everybody else around you because you were literally loved to death you were loved to death by the king of glory the God of the universe thought that life without you was too high a price to pay and so he paid it himself." [01:34:03] (42 seconds)
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"Jesus released his rightful position and his rightful privileges in the Godhead, not because he had to, but because love compelled him to do so. And this wasn't weakness. This is humility. It's divine strength, all wrapped up in surrender. 2 Corinthians 8 .9 says, Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. Now, guys, it's not necessarily talking about a financial sense. It's talking about spiritually. How many of you know, you don't get more spiritually rich than God, right? And you don't get more spiritually poor than humanity, right?" [01:03:16] (45 seconds)
"Jesus stepped into our limitations so that he could elevate us into his abundance. Have you got this? Would you have done this if you were God Almighty and could have and do anything you wanted to do? He stepped out, he stepped into our limitations so that he could elevate us into his abundance. Y 'all remember in John chapter 13, you remember when Jesus kneels and washes the disciples' feet? In that, guys, Jesus wasn't performing some religious ritual in that moment. This isn't, that's not what that was about. He was revealing his nature in that moment." [01:04:24] (43 seconds)
"Jesus didn't just suffer physically that's not so much the shame part what happened is he absorbed the emotional and the spiritual and the relational weight of our sin and our shame he took our place he bore our guilt and he chose to be cut off so that we could be brought in he carried our shame Isaiah 53 verse 3 says he was despised and rejected and if you go down to verse 6 it says and the lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all guys when you look at that we know he was despised and rejected but when you look at that the lord has laid on him the iniquity of who us us all right so the word iniquity it's not a word that we use a whole lot the word that's translated iniquity is the Hebrew word of on and it implies guilt perversion twistedness and an inward distortion of sin." [01:11:05] (72 seconds)
"Jesus didn't die to prove a point. His sacrifice, the sacrifice he made wasn't just, it wasn't supposed to be like a display of like moral superiority over humanity. It was an outpouring of passionate covenantal love is what the cross was. The cross wasn't as much a transaction as it was a proposal. What are we talking about? We're talking about the bride of Christ, right? So in Jewish marriage customs, soon I'm going to have to do a series on Jewish marriage soon. It's incredible. In ancient Jewish marriage customs, the groom would offer a bride price. It was called the mohar." [01:19:36] (51 seconds)
"Jesus paid the highest bride price. That's exactly what he was doing on Calvary's Hill 2 ,000 years ago. He paid the highest bride price, not in silver, not in gold, but in his own blood. And when he gave himself to the cross, he wasn't just saving sinners, he was sealing a covenant and he was paying a bride price. In fact, when you look at it, I had never seen this before. I read this and went looking at some different things. When you look at ancient manuscripts from the early church, when they refer to the crucifixion of Jesus, there's bridal language in it like would be used in a marriage because they recognized that it was more, it was more than just a man giving up his life." [01:21:03] (49 seconds)
"Stop wondering if you're loved. There are so many of us here today, and we still speak negative words over ourselves. Words we've heard others speak over the years. Negative words. Negative thoughts about our worth and our value. And it's all a lie. When the God of the universe says the opposite, it's all a lie. Stop wondering if you're loved. The cross already answered that question. Guys, you're not just barely tolerated. You are wildly wanted and desired by God. God. The price of pursuit was high, but Jesus paid it because you are worth it to him." [01:28:23] (60 seconds)
"Before you ever knew Him, before you ever wanted Him, before you ever chose Him, He pursued you. That is love. He didn't wait for you to be clean. He stepped right into your dirt. He stepped right into your shame. He stepped right into your guilt. He stepped right into your worst moment. He stepped right into your wounds. He stepped right into your disappointment. He stepped into all of it and he chose to carry it all on his back the king of glory wore a crown of thorns on his head because you were worth it to him today he still says you're worth it you're worth it that is love." [01:31:27] (58 seconds)
"Because you were the joy set before him that helped him to endure that agony the great price that had to be paid as he hung on that cross the joy set before him he saw on the other side of the cross he could see his redeemed bride dressed in white coming down the aisle he saw the joy of the other side and he made the choice I would rather die than lose her he stepped down from glory not to dominate but to dwell he carried our shame not because he had to but because you couldn't he laid down his life not just to save you from hell but to bring you into his heart." [01:32:40] (58 seconds)
"So don't walk out of this place today thinking that you're ordinary don't walk out of this place thinking you're an exception to the rule don't walk out of this place with your head hung low still thinking that you're less than everybody else around you because you were literally loved to death you were loved to death by the king of glory the God of the universe thought that life without you was too high a price to pay and so he paid it himself." [01:34:03] (42 seconds)
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