1 Corinthians 1:9 (NIV)
9 God is faithful, who has called you into
fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
The question remains, “How can God be just-that is, true to
Himself in nature and true to Himself in holiness-and yet justify the sinner?”
Because each man had to bear his own sins, all mankind was excluded from
helping, since each was contaminated with the same disease. The only solution
was for an innocent party to volunteer to die physically and spiritually as a
substitution before God. This innocent party would have to take man’s judgment,
penalty, and death. But where was such an individual? Certainly, there was none
on earth. There was only one possibility. God’s own Son was the only
personality in the universe who had the capacity to bear in His own body the
sins of the world. Only God’s Son was infinite and thus able to die for all.
Thought for today:
Do I acknowledge the sacrifices made for me?
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