God’s Great Love

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 8:16 God so loved. . . . And that explains the "must" of the preceding verse! As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up. Another way than the way of the cross there was not for the Son of man to enter into His glory. He must be exalted, to be sure, but only through deepest humiliation and shame....