"To Know the Love of the Christ"-Conclusion of "No One Has Love Greater Than This"

Throughout his earthly ministry, Jesus showed self-sacrificing love in various ways.  He was totally unselfish.  He was so absorbed in his ministry that he sacrificed normal comforts to which humans are accustomed. "Foxes have dens and birds  of heaven have roosts," he said, "but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."  (Matthew 8:20)   Being a skilled carpenter, Jesus could have taken some time off to build  a comfortable home for himself or to make beautiful furniture to sell so that he would have had some extra money.  But he did not use his skills to gain material things.


A truly touching example of Jesus' self-sacrificing love is recorded at John 19:25-27.    Imagine the many things that must have occupied  his mind and heart of Jesus on the afternoon of his death. As he suffered on the stake, he was concerned about his disciples, the preaching work, and especially his integrity and how it would reflect on his Father's name.  Really, the entire future of mankind rested on his shoulders!  Yet, just moments before he died, Jesus also show concerned for his mother, Mary who was  apparently a widow by then.  Jesus asked the apostle John to look after Mary as if she were John's own mother, and apostle thereafter too Mary to his home. Jesus thus arranged for the physical and spiritual care of his mother. What a tender expression of unselfish love!


Next time: "To Know the Love of the Christ"-"He Was Move With Pity"


From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah