You see at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom 5:6-8 NIV)
"While we were still sinners, Christ died for us!" He died for us so that we might live in him. He died for us that we might be reconciled to God and live in his Kingdom for all eternity with him.
It is not about what we can or have to do for God because in reality we can do nothing for Him. It is about what God has done for us. It is not about us climbing any ladder or staircase to heaven. It is about God coming down to us. Telling people how they should or must live is the law. The law does not save us. Only Jesus saves! The love of God in Christ Jesus for us is so great that he was willing to come down to earth to suffer and sacrifice his own life so that all who believe in him might live. What greater gift can there be than for someone to love us so much that he would die in our place?
How many ways can I say it so that ears might actually hear that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us? It is all about what he has done for us and that is why we love him. "We love because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19) That is why we follow him. We do not follow him in order to get him to love us. We do not have to earn his love. We cannot earn his love. He simply loves us and so he died for us.
May God open the ears of those who do not hear that all might hear the good news that he loves us so much that "while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Through his great act of love, you are forgiven your sins.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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