When we have done or said something bad, the Father doesn’t stop us on the sidewalk and berate us and beat us in punishment!
Because of what Jesus Christ accomplished for the world (not just offered us! but gave us!), the Father is free to treat “every man” as though he has not sinned! What a blessing! Why is that? In order to keep the universe free and balanced, every sin must be compensated for by punishment. “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23). But the Son of God chose to become one of us, to take upon Himself our fallen sinful nature, and to accept Himself the full punishment for every one of our sins. The first Adam sinned in Eden and then passed on to all of us a sinful nature with a judicial sentence of punishment. Even the world’s oldest man, Habib Miyan, 138, who died in India a few days ago, could not escape the long reach of Adam’s judicial sentence of condemnation. But note, that is only a “judicial sentence of condemnation”; if the actual condemnation itself were passed on to us, none of us could live even a day. But what the Lord Jesus has given the world is another probation, another opportunity to listen and to repent. If sometimes the Holy Spirit reminds you that your time of probation may be nearing its end, be thankful and listen. We hear often how sudden death has struck this one or that one; King Ahab is an example of what we can do: The record says of his end: “The word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before Me? ... “ The wicked king received mercy from the Lord’s abundant supply of grace (read 1 Kings 21:28, 29). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
