Calvary Baptist Church - Canyon Texas - David Crump, Pastor

The Highest Price for the Greatest Gift Did Jesus suffer and die for you personally? Is this the way we should understand the suffering and death of Christ? Or should we understand Jesus’ sacrifice only in the context of the whole world? In John 3:16, the giving of Christ is God’s demonstration of His love for the world. We can all agree that Christ’s suffering and death was, among other things, His love for mankind. The question is, really, are we individually, personally valued by God? Or is His love only for the whole of us, not personally, not individually? Let’s look at the understanding of one of the early believers who witnessed Christ first hand. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20) Paul was captured by this fact: Christ “loved me and gave himself for me.” He took the act of Christ’s sacrifice very personally. He said, “He loved me. H