Because, having returned to heaven in victory, You seated Him at Your own right hand as high Prophet, Priest, and King of heaven and earth, Who then received from You the Holy Spirit, poured Him out on the nascent Church on the Day of Pentecost, and has been doing so ever since.
We love You because You first loved us, and chose us in Christ before the founding of the world…
Because, for some 4,000 years—in type, shadow, and prophecy—You promised us Christ, gave hope to our OT brothers, and strengthened our faith through a written record of all You ordained, said, and did in their days…
Because, in the fullness of time, You sent forth your Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order to redeem those who were in Adam, in the flesh, in sin, under the Law, under wrath, in danger of Gehenna, and in desperate need of salvation…
Because, through Your incarnate Son—the Last Adam—You brought us Your definitive truth, to which You bore witness by unprecedented signs and wonders, so numerous that we suppose all the books in the world could not contain them…
Because, through His sinless being, righteous life, and perfect obedience to Your every command, He won for us the reward of eternal life, and for all who will repent and trust in Him…
Because, by His substitutionary death on the Cross, He satisfied Your justice, propitiated Your wrath, and secured forgiveness of sins for us, and for all who will repent and trust in Him…
Because, through His resurrection, You testified that He is all He said He was, and accomplished all You sent Him to do, thereby presenting to the world its sole and proper object of saving faith, hope, and love…
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