The Love of Jesus

    Today it hit me the great love Jesus showed us by His death on the cross for our sins.  I was reading in Numbers, and the chapter was talking all about the cleansings that the Israelites had to do.  It showed me how much God hates sin and can't stand to be around it.  Because of our sin, we all deserve to go to hell where God isn't present and where He doesn't have to be anywhere near it.  Yet, instead of giving us what we deserve, Jesus came to earth to experience the hell that we deserve to abide in for all eternity.  He became sin for us--what a concept!  Because he took on our sin, the Father separated Himself from His Son.  Jesus experienced hell for us--a complete separation from a Father He had never been separated from before.  Through His blood our sin was forever cleansed.  Jesus--what a friend for sinners.