WILLING TO DIE

Romans 5:6-11
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Faith Brings Joy

6 When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. 7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. 8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9 And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. 10 For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. 11 So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.


How often are you totally repulsed by a news story? Someone has committed a horrific crime, the details of which turn your stomach … make you sick. I think of some of the tragedies of history … the Holocaust … slavery … Pearl Harbor … 9 – 11.

Then I come to Romans 5:8 and understand that God willingly made a way for me … a sinner. He made a way for the worst of sinners. The scriptures say that His ways are not our ways. How true that is! How wonderful it is to know that there is no sin greater than the blood of Christ which saves us from condemnation.

Instead of wallowing in guilt for our sin, because of the Lord Jesus Christ, we can rejoice in the light of God’s great love.