If I Had to Tell My Son I Couldn't

[BK_Adores_Chase]

I have a son and if I had to say, "son, I need you to to be beaten, bruised, and crucified for the world.." I couldn't do it.  That's my baby, I love my kids abundantly.  This is what the Lord did for us - sinners - completely unworthy and undeserving but He did.

Pure and unconditional love displayed on the cross.

[gaylasue]

There is no way I could let someone beat, bruise and crucify my child.  I would gladly take the punishment myself.  I am so thankful we have a bigger and better God than mankind is.

[hitch0403]

There is NO doubt it was an act of love from Jesus and his father that is mind boggling!!

BUT......there are conditions!!Jesus said He that endures to the end will be saved!

Those conditions are to obey and live the most important commandment when Jesus was asked what it was.

In reply, Jesus mentioned not one but two commands. First, he said: “You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength.” (Verse 30; Deuteronomy 6:5) The terms “heart,” “mind,” “soul,” and “strength” are not mutually exclusive.* The meaning is: Love for Jehovah must involve the whole person, all his faculties and resources. One Bible reference work puts it this way: “God is to be loved completely and totally.” If you thus love God, you will do your best to live each day in a way that wins his smile of approval.—1 John 5:3.
Second, Jesus said: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” (Verse 31; Leviticus 19:18) Love of God and love of neighbor are really inseparable. The second is a by-product of the first. (1 John 4:20, 21) If we love our neighbors as ourselves, we will treat them the way we want them to treat us. (Matthew 7:12) We thereby show that we love the God who made us—and them—in his image.—Genesis 1:26.
How important are the commands to love God and neighbor? “There is no other commandment greater than these,” said Jesus. (Verse 31) In the parallel account, Jesus said that all the other commandments hang on these two.—Matthew 22:40.

These are conditions!

[patycake56]

That would be totally impossible for me