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[160]. A Message From A Poem – Jesus So Loved Me
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 9, 2025 (message contributor)
[160]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JESUS SO LOVED ME
We have here a poem that covers some of the great and important aspect of the gospel. The Lord died for my sins. We ask why the innocent One has to die for the guilty. Jesus is the Substitute and love was behind that. {{1 Corinthians 15:3 “I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS according to the Scriptures”}}
There is not much more I will say about this as the poem is self-evident.
I suppose the saddest thing here is this fact we know all too well (from the poem) – “This world has no time for Jesus. It lives in disregard.” {{Romans 1:21 “Even though they knew God, THEY DID NOT HONOUR HIM AS GOD or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”}} Man does not seek God.
The title is a personal one with the “ME” in it. Each one of us can adopt that for ourselves.
The poem ends with the joy of soon being in the Lord’s presence (comparatively speaking). {{2 Corinthians 5:6-8 “Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord - for we walk by faith, not by sight - we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be ABSENT FROM THE BODY AND TO BE AT HOME WITH THE LORD.”}}
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JESUS SO LOVED ME
It was for me; my terrible sins,
That caused the Lord to die;
To execute God’s justice,
That against sin must cry.
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Sin smacked against God’s holiness.
The foulness was intense.
We can’t decipher God’s plan;
He worked through love immense.
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For my human mind, it’s too much.
Why Christ the sacrifice?
Surely the guilty must die.
Would that then not suffice?
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The only answer I can give,
Is that love conquered sin,
In God’s great eternal plan,
The victory to win.
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The innocent for the guilty -
But it is even more,
For Christ, my God, died for me,
To open up the door.
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It was the Door who made the way
For God to welcome me.
Unworthy, I know I am,
But worthy though, is He.
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He took my place upon the cross,
A perfect Substitute.
I stand and look at that scene;
No excuse – I am mute.
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Who can fathom the God of love?
That love that is so deep.
This I know with all my heart –
In gratitude, I weep.
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This world has no time for Jesus.
It lives in disregard.
Blackened hearts do not know God -
Please, break those hearts so hard.
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Forever, I will love my Lord
For His unreserved love.
Soon in His presence I’ll be,
In joy, near Him above.
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30 September 2021 R E Ferguson Metre = 8-6-7-6
The first stanza was done on 25 April 2021. Remainder completed on 30 September.
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