Love and Compassion, Part 1

“Then a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, ‘If You are willing, You can make me clean.’ Then Jesus, moved with compassion, put out His hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.” Mark 1:40-42.

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Death of Innocence, Genesis 3:4-7

“And the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.” Genesis 3:4-6.

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The Love of God, Part 1

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8.

It has been said that on resurrection day, the stone that covered Jesus’ tomb was not rolled away to let the resurrected Christ out, but to let the disciples in.

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