(3006122011-2029,0107120506-0531)
What does
all my sin cost?
The entire
misconduct
that has
been collecting in me
for all these
years
and
constantly judges my conscience.
How do I know
that I
really paid enough for it?
How do I
know
that I did
not forget anything?
Always those feelings of guilt.
With how
much money
do I get rid
of them again?
And what
happens
when I
notice
that it does
not work this way?
Is the
reason then that I have not
paid
enough?
What does the Bible
really say
to that?
If it is
God’s guideline
for all of
humanity
then surely
it has an answer.
I actually found an answer there:
My trespasses
need to be
paid with life.
That was
one piece of the news,
however it
gets better:
God’s gift
to us
is eternal
life because of Jesus Christ.
He already
paid for me.
So if that is a gift
what do I
have to do to receive it?
A gift can
only be used
when I accept
it and claim it.
God has his
gift
of
reconciliation available
for all
humanity
because of
what Jesus did.
It is not
something
I can
purchase
with money
or deeds.
His gift is
so valuable
that I
could never afford it myself.
After I realized that
I started
to get to know Jesus
the way the
Bible reports about him.
If it is
really a gift
for me as
well,
then I want
to have it too
for I am
sick and tired
of the
weight
I have to
carry around.
Theme: Who pays for sin
Romans 6:23
For the wages
of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 3: 16-18a
For God so
loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into
the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned ...
John 1:12
Yet to all who
received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become
children of God.
Bible quotation: NIV Translation
No comments:
Post a Comment