Redemption… someone stepping in and taking my deserved punishment, leaving me free of guilt. It's a theme for thousands of movies, and something that each one of us can reach out and take for ourselves.
"...One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 MSG
"...One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 MSG
God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the
world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins… We’re speaking for
Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.
How? you ask. In Christ. God put the wrong
on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God."
2 Corinthians 5:19-21 MSG
Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his
blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of
penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely
free, either. Abundantly free!
He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need,
letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out
before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought
together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on
planet earth. Ephesians
1:7-10 MSG
The burning question becomes "How am I living? As caged, or free?"
If I've chosen to remain in the cage, is the cause of that choice worth being bound?
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