Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life, And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
The Epistle to the Romans 5:9-11 (Geneva Bible Translation Ed. 1599)
Greetings in the name of Christ to all people and nations
If this is not wonderful news, then it is asked what can possibly be better news? God, our Creator, Who loved us so much that He gave us His best while we were still in enmity with Him! (a)Certainly we all deserved to reap the wages of sin, and should taste eternal death and separation from Him, and yet, yet He loved us so much, that He made a way for us, wherein we could never make a way for ourselves, so that we now instead can have triumph over death, and have eternal life, with and in Him. In addition, we have now been moved from our own unrighteousness to His righteousness, but the imputing of it through faith in Jesus Christ and the sacrifice of His life for ours. We now glory in the prospect and the certain knowledge that we can, and will have a spokesman for us in front of the seat of judgment on the day of His second coming.
Friends, if you have not yet received this grace, or are reading about it for the first time, it is not too late to turn it around and as the old preachers used to say “get right with God” Pray with me if you will;
Father, I come to you this morning, this moment in time, to confess my sins. I accept your offer of grace and mercy, by acknowledging the sacrifice of Your Son Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary, when it should have been me. I declare this day forward that I will serve you, and look towards the future when I can come before you blameless and transmuted into your image once again. Amen
(a) Read Romans 8:6-8, James 4:4-5
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