One Gave All

By Scott Ashley

In the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, the patriotic song "Some Gave All" dominated the U.S. airwaves. In it the singer reflects on a soldier returned from war: "I can't forget the look in his eyes, or the tears he cries, as he said these words to me: 'All gave some and some gave all ..."

The lyrics are a powerful reminder of the high cost of war. In war, as he says, all give some, but some give all. They pay the ultimate price.

Yesterday I saw a profound reminder of something else— the high cost of sin. The lesson is graphically brought home in the movie The Passion of the Christ. You see, to pay the high cost of sin, One— Jesus Christ— gave all.

Do we grasp what it means to say that Jesus gave all? What exactly did He give up when He gave His life for the sins of mankind?

Many fail to realize, even though it is spelled out clearly in the Scriptures, that Jesus was the divine Being who created the universe according to the will of God the Father. Ephesians 3:9 speaks of "God who created all things through Jesus Christ . . ." (emphasis added throughout). Colossians 1:16 says of Jesus: "For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible ... All things were created through Him and for Him."

Think about that—the One who spoke for the Father and the universe was created, who formed the sun, moon and stars out of nothing and filled the earth with oceans, streams, flowers, trees, animals and birds by His word (see Genesis 1-2), came to earth to live not as the divine and almighty God, but rather as a mortal human being (John 1:1-3,14).

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