SCRIPTURE: 1Corinthians (NIV) 15:21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
OBSERVATION: The eternal laws of holiness rule all that our Holy God created. They are reasonable and logical laws. God is holy and he has revealed the holy laws that rule the past, the present, and eternity. No one can escape the universe, so no one can escape the holy laws.
The primary law of holiness is that the soul that sins shall die. It is a law that cannot be changed. It is a law that condemns every living person to death, eternal separation from the Holy God into a proper place for those who break the holy laws, which is eternity in hell.
Without breaking, Holy laws allow one out. If someone of the same eternal value who has not broken any holy laws would be willing to take the guilty party’s place, the guilty could go free!
The reality is that the Holy God is also a loving God. He so loved the man He had created that He sent His son (Jesus) to be born as a man, to live a perfectly holy life, and to die for our sins! His resurrection is proof that there is life beyond the grave! It is eternal life with two possible destinies, heaven or hell.
APPLICATION: In Adam, holiness demands I pay for my sin by spending eternity in hell. In Christ, my penalty has been paid and I will spend eternity in heaven in the Presence of a Holy and Loving God! It is truly amazing!
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, next month as we celebrate the death and resurrection of Your Son, thanksgiving overflows for your great mercy and grace. Father, thank you for Jesus! Jesus, thank you for dying and resurrecting! Holy Spirit, thank you for leading me to Jesus! Amen
Pastor Leon
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