Sunday 14 Jul 2013

Sunday Reading: Isaiah 53:10-12

Key Verse: Isaiah 53:10
10  Yet it pleased Jehovah to crush Him; to grieve Him; that He should put forth His soul as a guilt-offering. He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the will of Jehovah shall prosper in His hand.

Devotion:
Nothing we can do will ever fully atone for our sins. In the Old Testament they would offer up offerings with no blemishes in order to atone for sins for a short while but as soon as the people would sin they would be uncovered immediately. The circle of then apologising for those sins and offering a sinless animal would then begin again. What was required was a perfect sacrifice that would not be bound by time.

Christ stepped forward willingly to take that place in our stead. He allowed His soul to be beaten and bruised so that our souls would not have to go through that same pain and agony. He took the full weight of the sins of the whole world upon His shoulders so that we would not have to go back time and time again. But that does not mean that we don’t have to do anything at all…

If we do not fully accept in our hearts that that is exactly what Christ did for us, then we are saying that what He has done is for no reason whatsoever. Instead we must believe in that very truth and accept that Christ was willing to do that because of His love for us. When we believe He has done that we then need to admit to Him that we have committed those sins because without that admission of guilt we are not showing repentance – that is still required!

We do need to keep up with the Gospel message and to be reminded time and time again that this is what Christ did for us because we do have a way of brushing over sins and allowing Christ to pay for everything without us offering our due repentance! We have a way of changing the laws just so that we don’t have to be guilty. Face it! We are guilty! But Christ has given us a second chance by taking that guilty upon His own shoulders for us! Hallelujah!

Points to Ponder:
How often do you remind yourself of the Gospel Message?

How many time should Christ have to remind you?