When we come to Yeshua for salvation from our sin, it is because we have realized our deep, eternal need, and the great treasure and benefit in accepting what He’s offering. Along with this salvation, God then grants us His generous and gracious gifts, not the least of which is His faithful and unending love. The knowledge and reality of Yeshua’s sacrifice fills and touches us in our inmost being, producing thoughts and feelings of appreciation, gratitude, thankfulness, passion, and profound, overflowing joy. This is the Jesus that most believers know and are more than happy to follow—the one who loves abundantly and gives generously; the one who is gentle and lowly in heart; the one whose yoke is easy and burden is light.
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