"For loves sake"...a garden was in Eden, a man was created and the breath of the Holy Spirit brought life. A woman was made from Adam's rib, and God gave dominion to rule that place with one request... in which man failed...but, "for loves sake"God sought the offender, he provided a covering of blood and he made them suffer the consequences of their choices. The serpent was cursed also. The pride he once bore while flying high in worship above the very throne of God, had led to a lower position of standing; posturing in Eden, but now, he would slither and eat the dust of the ground until God deems fit to cast him in the Lake of Fire. "For loves sake," God drove the offenders out of his presence, and the paradise of Eden, into the dark abandon of uncertainty. And yet, "for loves sake," he led them to hope, to multiply... Adam to suffer the cursed ground and Eve to suffer the cursed ground of the womb. Children born, sin and death came, but.. "for loves sake," God had a greater plan. Generations passed, the sins were more than God could bare, so he called Noah to build an ark, "for loves sake," he allows over one hundred years for Noah to preach the need to get into the ark of safety, yet Noah and his family were the only ones spared.  "For loves sake", a child is born, a mother prepared and trusts him to God while placing the babe into a smaller version of the ark of safety; amongst the reeds and crocodiles in the Nile. A sister guards and a mother prays. "For loves sake", God intervenes. A princess hears and receives the child as her own, and a deliverer for God's people is raised, instructed and groomed for his role in the plan. A cruel murder is witnessed, Moses repays the evil... then runs from that choice into the wilderness where he will at meet God. "For loves sake," God places Moses on holy ground, where he entrusted his covenant to him. At last, Moses descends to find the sin of the people even more heinous than before. the sacred tablets are broken by God's man, and yet for loves sake, God had another plan.  Man broke God's word, that one request in the garden, and man broke the sacred stone covenant of God upon the mountain. Time passed, and "for loves sake," God still called shepherds, prophets priests, kings and champions of the faith: who honored and loved God and his law..., but it wasn't enough.. So then... God decided that the only redemption would have to come from out of his own being... He would give his only begotten son, Jesus, and he would come in a way least expected by mortal intellect and reasoning. Time passes again; a godly young woman is chosen to bear the seed-gift of God through the Holy Ghost. A young Joseph obeys Gods call to not put Mary away but to believe his word, follow his lead, and be the watchful protector, step father of God's only dear son. This couple was entrusted with the very essence of God, (God with us, revealed in us). The first couple was entrusted with a garden, the second family, an ark to withstand a great flood, the third, a babe in a handwoven ark of bulrushes to become Israel's deliverer, but now... the very Son of God, born a Savior!

All..."for the sake of love."  But it doesn't stop here... Angels heralded his birth, shepherds beheld his glory and wiseman worshipped; provided gifts for the journey ahead. And a king moved by far and hatred, pursued any child, two years old and younger, slaughtering any who could possibly dethrone him. The serpent kept whispering lies and deceit, all the while eating the cursed dust. And God His the Father instructed his only son with his own words, so that even at age twelve, he is found teaching the wisest scholars at Jerusalem as they marveled. "For loves sake," Christ obeys Father God's plan. He For loves sake, he arose a Conqueror of death, hell and the grave. He appeared 40 days and then left with a promise to send the necessary helper, the Holy Ghost and a promise he'd return to take us to be where he is forever.  All this was done for loves sake.This is the gospel the Lord Jesus Christ. This Resurrection Day, let's rejoice as we remember Jesus and the great mercy and grace the Father has bestowed upon us... all for loves sake. 

Let's continue to go into all the world and reach as many others as we can.,  disciples, and teaches about the Kingdom of God; while having great compassion to save  deliver and heal those in need... He follows God's plan to the very end, yielding up a final surrendered will, in none other place than a garden... Where once the first man yielded up to disobedience and sin to satisfy his carnal flesh, but "for loves sake," Jesus yields his earthly body in complete surrender for the eternal redemption of "whosoever will"... The scenes unfold, Gethsemane, Pilates Hall, (the Via Delorosa...the way of suffering) and his final surrender on Golgotha... "for loves sake," He paid with every drop of his blood. Every act was born out of love..."For God so loved"

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4/17/25