God's Spurgeons

I was reading the book written by Andrew Murray on the Holy Spirit when something he wrote struck me.

Paraphrasing it, Andrew Murray wrote that God loves Jesus so much that sending Him to die was the highest and most wonderful part of God's love for Christ.

I couldn't understand that.  Not until a Hokkien song by one of Taiwan's most celebrated singers was brought to my mind.  The lyrics of that song goes something like this: " Who can be more important to me than you.  But I would rather you die before me so that you would not have to bear the pain and grief of losing a loved one". It seems to say: "Let me bear that pain and grief for I love you too much to have you go through it".

Then, I began to skim the surface of what Andrew Murray meant.

As painful as was the ordeal that our Lord Jesus had to bear for us, it was even more shattering for God the Father to see His only beloved Son go through it and to have to turn His back on Him when He was at the peak of the excruciating pain of torment. It occurred to me that God the Father had taken on the most painful part of the redemption plan for us.  Thus demonstrating His love for us and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Perhaps this is love can be best understood only be those who have experienced the pain of losing a loved one.

At the point of writing this, it dawned on me that each Person of the Holy Trinity has taken on a painful part for our salvation:

1. God the Father taking on the pain as just mentioned;
2. God the Son bearing all that crushing and suffering when He walked the earth; and
3. God the Holy Spirit having to bear with us as He strives to help us who are grieving Him.

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For those interested to listen to that Hokkien Song



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