Forgiveness is the goal of God’s redemptive story. It is the plan that God began implementing from the moment Adam and Eve disobeyed. In doing this, God used his creative power to harness the elements of nature. He used his sovereign authority to order the events of human history. He controlled it all so that at the perfect moment the Lord Jesus Christ would come to earth, be born in a town in Palestine, face with perfect sinlessness the realities of life in a broken and sinful world, be betrayed by one of his followers, be convicted by a corrupt court, be sentenced to capital punishment by a self-interested politician, die a criminal’s execution, but as the perfect Lamb of God exit his borrowed tomb as victor over both sin and death.
The only way for a human to be free is to be born again by the Spirit of God; embrace Jesus Christ as Savior; be forgiven for sin by the Creator of the universe; and receive the Holy Spirit as the only counter-power to the power of sin. That is the only hope for the world, for parents and children. This is always true in every age.
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
— 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
On this day...
- He Knew What Was in Man - 2011
- If My Words Abide in You - 2011
- Felix Culpa - 2011
- Jesus Christ, the Only Foundation - 2011
- Life's Shortness and Vanity - 2011
- Can I Be a Christian and Live with My Boyfriend? - 2011
- Mark 7:34 - Ephphatha - 2011
- The Life of Jesus in Chronological Order - 2011
- Ephrathah - 2011
- Micah 7:18-20 - 2011
October 10, 2011
March 10, 2018