Love and Grace This Amazing

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).

God is too great, too magnificent, for me to completely understand. When He created man, He knew what a disappointment we would be, how we would sin and be separated from Him. Even then, He had a plan to save us at the right time. He would send His beloved son to die on a cross for us. 


For it is the life of all flesh; the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul (Leviticus 17:11).

Sin demands a price, a blood sacrifice, for forgiveness. Jesus would become that sacrifice for all mankind for all time if they would just accept Him as their Lord and Savior. Then, God can accept us as saints because we've traded our sinfulness for Christ's righteousness. That allows us to be in the presence of holy God who cannot be in the presence of sin. We are no longer separated from Him and can have a close personal relationship.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: and the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).

This is the story of Easter - how we can have a new beginning in Christ. It's almost too all-encompassing, too magnificent, too amazing for us to comprehend. Some of us have heard it so often that it's become commonplace, and we don't stop to really see it for what it is, but it is anything but common! It's the greatest thing that ever happened for us. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemation; but is passed from death into life (John 5:24).

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