“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:12-13
Jesus proved His infinite love for all of us by sacrificing Himself so we could live forever and enjoy spiritual freedom. By His sinless life, atoning death, and glorious resurrection, Jesus paid the penalty for all our sins, past, present, and future. Everyone who believes in Him is His friend, forgiven and freed from the terrible grip of sin and death. By His death, we have eternal life. By His death, we have spiritual freedom to flourish.
His sacrifice set the standard and example for us to follow. We must love others as He has loved us. The ultimate expression of that love is the willingness to give our lives for others. Today, we remember and honor those who’ve given that last full measure of devotion across the centuries, protecting the earthly lives and freedom of brothers and sisters, parents and children, friends and family, and everyone blessed by this nation in which we live. There is, indeed, no higher expression of love than the willingness to lay down our lives for those closest to us and those we’ve never met.
Just as a terrible price was paid for our spiritual life and freedom, a terrible price has been paid for our earthly life and freedom. #Remember and #FollowJesus