Justified
By His Blood
You
see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the
ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good
person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love
for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since
we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from
God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were
reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been
reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we
also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now
received reconciliation.
Therefore,
just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in
this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
To
be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged
against anyone’s account where there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from
the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by
breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
But
the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the
one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of
the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!
Romans 5:6-15
Where
do sinners go? They either go to hell or they go to church.
Perhaps
we don’t give those outside the church a clear picture of what’s happening
inside. People may not understand that we’re there to praise our Savior for
providing us with the forgiveness of our sins.
A church is a hospital for sinners, not a club for
saints.
Our
Daily Bread – January 8, 2013