I’m going to share an entry in my journal from a week ago today.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Today, Casey Anthony was acquitted, declared innocent of the murder of her 2 year-old daughter. All the evidence points to her committing the crime, but the jury didn’t condemn her to death. The nation is in an uproar. But it got me thinking…..isn’t this what it’s like to be in front of God? We know we’re guilty of sin, a whole life’s worth. And we deserve to be declared guilty, to be given over to everlasting death, an eternal separation from God. But instead, He looks at us and says, ‘not guilty.’ Why? Because His Son was declared guilty instead and gave Himself up to separation from God so we could be saved. WOW. This blows my mind. Not only does He forgive it, but He also forgets our sin. We have to pay the consequences physically, but Psalm 103 says, ‘…as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our sin from us.”
How great must God’s love be for His people. This is what God’s forgiveness looks like. Praise be to my God and Father, hwo looks on me in love, Whom I can approach through my Savior, Jesus Christ. When God looks at me, He sees His Son.
“Salvation is free; it cost me NOTHING.
Following Jesus should cost me SOMETHING.”
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