Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour was come that He should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end. – John 13:1

The love of Jesus Christ in the past has been attested by many deeds of love. That He loved us He proved by the fact that He stood surety for us when the covenant was made, and entered into stipulations on our behalf that He would fulfill the broken law, and that He would offer satisfaction to the justice of God, which had been provoked. In the fullness of time, He took upon Himself our nature. What higher proof of love than that? In that nature He lived a life of blameless service, in that nature He died a death in which all the weight of divine vengeance for sin was compressed into a few hours of bodily and spiritual anguish. Now that He lives exalted in the highest heaven, He is still His people’s servant, interceding for them, representing them at the right hand of God, preparing a place for them, and by His mighty Spirit fetching them out from the mass of mankind, and preparing them for the place which He has prepared for them in glory. All these proofs show indeed, my dear brethren and sisters, how in the past Jesus Christ has loved His people. Grasp it, I pray you, now, for a minute, grasp it! realize it by putting out the hand of individual faith, and saying, “He loved me in those hoary ages; He loved me ere time began to be counted, and days and years were first mapped out; He loved me ere He had made a star or given light to the sun; He loved me, yes, me in particular, me with a speciality, me as much as any of those on whom His heart is set.” …having loved His own, He loved you, even you. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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