This is an important message that every human being on the planet needs to hear about. We are under judgment, and there is only one way out! We know and see in our everyday lives - justice demands punishment. Should a murderer go free? Of course not! But each of us, knowing what Jesus endured on the cross for us, are guilty of something even more heinous.
How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? (Hebrews 10:29)
Take a deep breath, and imagine for a moment just how harsh and uncompromising God's wrath would have to be - just for every sin that you personally have committed in your life. Now add all of mine (a staggering addition, indeed). Now add every other person that has or will ever live on this earth.
That is what Jesus took on Himself. Nothing less could completely absolve all of us, could it?
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:5-6)
That person sitting next to you; the maniacal driver that cut you off; the UPS lady setting the box at your front door; the big mouth in your workplace nobody can stand - Jesus loves and died for each of them. And none of them deserve it any more than you or I do.
That’s God’s Grace, people!
#LoveMatters