What do we owe Christ?

1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2) He was in the beginning with God. 3) All things came  into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4) In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5) The Light shines in the darkness , and the darkness did not comprehend it. 

- John 1:1-5

14) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15) John testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'" 16) For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17) For the Law was gi en throubgh Moses; grace and turh were realized through Jesus Christ. 18) No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. 

- John 1:14-18

Do we really know what all Jesus gave up? Many of us would say that we do. But my question is, Why do we not live like it? Why do we not show it to people. 

Let's think about this real quick. We are talking about Jesus here. He has been with the Father for all of eternity. He created us and the world, as John 1 tells us. But it really goes so much deeper than that. 

When Jesus was on the cross, and said, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" That means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken thee.?" This was the first  time in eternity when God the son had abosolutely no communion with the Father. 

Jesus left His perfect place in heaven, to come to earth as His own creation, to show His compassion on us, and to save us. He also showed His great love to us.

Jesus gave up everything in order to restore our relationship to God the Father. That is true and we see that very clearly! But what do we owe Christ? What can we do for Christ now?

Jesus gave up everything for us. The least we can do is to: A. Share God's love to the ends of the earth. B. To do the exact same thing that He did for us, for Him. We are ALL commanded to spread God's LOVE to the ends to the earth. Many times we get caught up in spreading the gospel and forget to love. We follow a process instead of just loving people. We have to spread the love of Christ to all that we can. We have to be willing to die for Him. John 15:13 says, "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." Jesus died for us. Jesus died for the whole world. We just take it for granted. Shame on us for doing so. If God loved us enough to die for us, we should not keep this awesome love to ourselves. I would even care to say that it will be impossible for you not to share this Great Love. 

What can we do for Christ now? The answer is very simple. To love everybody. And to share God's love to the world. That is it. Love is the answer. We get to caught up in processes and sending money for others to do it, but then we sit in our nice little houses, and do absolutely nothing for God. We need a heart check. And yes I said we. I am just as guilty of this as all of you. God loves us. God loves the world. Let us tell them about this awesome, powerful love. 

Michael Chadwick

Co-Pastor of Jenson Baptist Church