Isaiah 53:12, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 5:1-2, John 17:26
The world is inebriated on the cocaine of sin and rebellion against God, and drunk on the poisonous wine of all that which God hates. It is in to this world that God sent his one and only Son 2000 years ago, in order to die in the place of those who hate Him and His Father.
As the world gleefully slams the needle of pride and hatred against God into the their arm, a cry from a manger can be heard in Bethlehem…and from the cross of Christ. The cry which can be heard is that of the lamb of God, who came willingly to rescue completely, all those who would look to Him as he is “numbered with transgressors” (Isaiah 53:12).
If it is empathy you demand from God, hell awaits you.
The gift that God has so preciously given to you and I, is the cross and there is absolutely no empathy in the cross; however, there is an overwhelming, unending, deep and bottomless supply of sympathy for sin-sick, sin addicted sinners like you and I.
The precious cross is the place of worship, because the cross is the place where God’s glory is redeemed cosmically, as Christ offers up His life in our place, and the place where we are reconciled to God completely. The cross is where Christ purchases us “as far as the curse is found” by becoming accursed under His own Law (Galatians 3:13).
There is no empathy in God.
The place where God’s get’s the most glory is the cross and the resurrection and therefore it is the place where the strength of our salvation is grounded. The magnitude of God’s sympathy for sinners is seen in Christ crucified. The cross is also the sympathetic gift for the totality of the Christian life. Why? Because “at the cross we get to die” (Doug Wilson). What sympathy! Is there a greater kindness To sin-sick sinners than to be crucified with our Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:20)?We get to have our glory-thieving, self-exalting, God -devaluing- selves executed through death of Christ. This is a joy unheard of.
As the cry of the cosmic and ever lasting Son of God rose up from the manger, its sound must have filled both earth and heaven.
As the sound of the cries from Christ on the cross rose up before God, as His wrath was poured on Christ without mercy, the sweet smell of Christ offering must have filled His Father’s nostrils with the sweetest fragrance (Ephesians 5:1-2).
There is no empathy in God, and thank God there isn’t. God the Father finds supreme satisfaction in His Son; It is this same satisfaction which the Father has in Christ, that Christ prayed that the Father would give to us (John 17:26).
It is through His indwelling Spirit that the Father gives us this sweet and precious gift. He gives us the love that He finds in His Son, so that we might partake in the unlimited Joy He has in His Son, through The Holy Spirit. Empathy be damned, give me Jesus Christ for all of eternity.
There is no empathy in God, however, as you look to the glorious Son of God, if The Spirit will give you eyes to see and ears to hear, you will see that Christ is God’s sweet sympathetic love covered in flesh.
Prayer: Father, by all the sympathetic grace that is in Christ, as He sits at your right hand interceding for us poor sinners, would you give us the deepest fear of you, for fear of you is the only means by which intimacy can be enjoyed with you (Psalm 25:140).It is in the precious and mighty name of Jesus Christ our glorified and risen Lord we pray this according to your will.
Amen..
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