How Awesome Is Our God

Scripture:
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV)

For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.  And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

Devotional:

It seems to me that there are certain scripture verses that make the best tongue twisters.  No matter how I try to wrap my mind around the verse it always seems to twist in on itself and leaves me shaking my head.  I ask, what did I just read?  Sometimes, I wonder if Paul could have chosen a different way to express his thoughts in some of his letters.  But then reading through carefully he does say it best.  Christ has died for us.  When we accept Christ as savior we too die upon the cross.  We gain new life through Christ.  He was raised from the dead in order to bring life to all.

Sin entered the world through the acts of one couple, one man.  Adam’s failure created sin in all our lives.  We are natural heirs to sin.  Sin brings death.  Through the acts of one man sin has been defeated.  Christ dies on the cross in order to pay our debt to sin.  Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Through His death our debts are paid.  In His life we are given new life.  The most precious thing in the world we could ever receive is a free gift.  No cost, no strings attached.  Purely and simply we are given Grace.  God loves us so much; He came and lived a sinless life.  He died on the cross to pay our debt to sin.  He rose again giving us new life.  How awesome is our God…