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REVIEW:

What God Did to Win Your Heart, July 9 2003

By shoutgrace "savedbyhisgrace"

Lucado takes the reader to the foot of the Cross to see for ourselves what God did to win our hearts. God's promises of the ancient prophecy are revealed in the tools of torture and shame. Every instrument was a gift of love and redemption. Could you do what He did in your place to ransom you from Sin and Death? If we all stood in a line waiting for our time to linger in sacrifice for the atonement could you do it? Imagine what it would be like to have nails driven in your hands with 6-inch spikes and feel scratching and stabbing of thorns on your brow. Instead God sent His Son Jesus to die in your place. That's why 'He Chose the Nails.' No other god would come from Heaven to redeem the lost, like Jesus did. To let you know He Loved you. Jesus sacrified His Life and shed His blood as a Sin Offering-Pure, Sinless and Full of Grace. For our sake He was made Sin, who knew no Sin. So that in Him we might become the righteousness of God [2 Corithians 5: 21].

Lucado examines each tool of torture to tell that beautiful, loving story of atonement and redemption. He invites you to listen to each one tell you what God did to win your heart. When the soldiers spat on Him, He bore your dark side of sin. By the gifts from the Crown of Thorns, the Nails, between the two crosses He beared His own Cross that He become one of us, he forgave, he gave you a choice for freedom and He promised to Love you Forever. The greatest Love He gave was demonstrated on the Cross. As it was written on Romans 5: 8...that God demonstrated His Love for us in this, while we were sinners. Christ died for us. We couldn't do what He did alone. Only He could do it for us. The price of sin was paid-in-full. What we all can offer is our lives to Him, and leave our troubles and sorrows at the foot of the Cross. All the tools of torture were His gift to you. From the Trial and Mockery to the Cross of His Broken Body of Torn Flesh and Blood. The day of Victory-the Empty Tomb. He gave us Freedom and Life Forever More. Max Lucado has created an audio CD version of this LIVE 'He Chose the Nails' performance. It includes names of popular, Dove award artists on one CD. Maybe you caught the LIVE TV performance on TBN at Easter 2003 this comes from the TV version. You got to hear it for yourself to be convinced that Jesus gave you His Heart.

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