The Suffering Is Worth the Price

“Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” – Luke 24:26 It is often difficult for us to realize the magnitude Christ suffered on the cross. He didn’t just do it for kicks or to prove anything. It was because Christ loves you that He did it. He would give anything for you to be at peace with Him, go to heaven, and know the Lord. For you, He laid down His life. When He was on the cross, He could see the salvation that would come from the suffering, and His suffering was going to bring the salvation of the whole world. Yes, and amen! The future was drawing and pulling Him; He could see and feel it. A mother suffers when she’s pregnant as her body is in transition for nine months. And then finally, at the end of nine months, she