I appreciate more than I can express how grateful I am God led me to fellowship and grow in the church of Calvary Chapel- Corvallis. I just finished listening to Pastor Rob's sermon and I enjoy his timely words. They are deeply valued and I know Father God is so pleased. Reflecting on what he said about the high cost of separation and how Adam chose to join his wife in sin rather than be separated from her by that sin. Jesus, on the other hand, chose willingly separation from Father God that He might become a man, born of a woman, to pay the price for that sin (my sin). The greatest evidence of the gravity of what it cost Jesus is in His final 2 cries from the cross. After Jesus said, "It is finished" and "Into Thy hand I commit My Spirit," I always thought (felt) 'He breathed His last,' was the quiet conclusion of His work on the cross but, it was when my ears were opened to hear the extreme intensity and gravity of His cry: "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" that I started to feel the magnitude of the price Jesus paid. That moment, He felt complete separation from His Father God. Father God could no longer look upon Jesus and had no choice but to turn His back on His Beloved Son, utterly forsaking Him because of that sin which Father God Himself placed upon Jesus' shoulders. Though Jesus knew no sin, He became sin, thereby, losing all power to escape the consequences of that sin. It had to have been but a moment later that His heart ruptured within His chest cavity, as 'He cried out,' in his anguished pain, 'with a loud cry.' AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! is how I imagine it sounding. I cannot imagine in the least, having just willingly gone through all the pain, suffering and shame leading up to that moment of utter exhaustion; still having the ability to even cry out with an audible voice. The horrific intensity had to have been physically compelling to release such a cry. Then, 'He breathed His last.' His suffering was compounded by the sentencing pronounced upon Jesus to spend the next 3 days in hell to pay the debt (wages) of sin. We are told in the bible that: 'With God, a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day.' Again, I cannot even imagine. 'And, on the third day, Jesus rose from the dead.'
Lord hear me, may I become quickly aware of my sin, and the separation it causes from the love of Father God, My Beloved Savior and Your Holy Spirit, that I may repent quickly.
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