Robert J. Morgan states, "With the possible exception of John 3:16, no other text in Scripture better sums up all sixty-six books and thirty-one thousand verses of the Bible. This is the ultimate Reader's Digest version of God's Word. Notice the way the verse is balanced between its two clauses:
The wages of sin is death.
The gift of God is eternal life."
God made this pretty easy to understand, didn't He? I mean, if you're a black and white kind of person, this is your verse --- it can't get much more straightforward.
He made it clear from the beginning... Sin = Death. In Genesis 2:17, He told Adam and Eve, "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Adam and Eve's disobedience cost mankind eternal life and subjected all to death. Their pattern of sinfulness has continued throughout the ages, and we find ourselves in the same situation. But where our sinfulness earns us death, God's plan from the beginning was to gift us with eternal life...the plan that included His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, dying in our place.
The Message puts Romans 5:18-19 in a great way, "
Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right."
Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right."I like that --- we're not only "out of trouble", we've become adopted children of God, assured of a home with Him forever, because Jesus was willing to say "yes to God" and put us in the right.
Don't make it complicated - keep it simple!
Sin = Death
Christ = Life
Thank You Jesus for allowing us to have the gift of life...thanks for being a friend who was willing to give their all for us.
2 comments:
I Love the Lord. When I die - I will live in Heaven. It is a simple truth: sin equals death and Christ equals eternal life. Through God's Grace and Love - and my belief that Jesus Christ is my redeemer and my deliverer from sin, I rest assured of my eternal life. I must know more about God's Word. I want to continue my daily walk with Jesus, my Saviour.
Amen!! Love this heartfelt response Donna!
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