Dear friend,
To sin against the Lord is a very wrong and foolish thing to do. He is so good to us and He is the only good and right. To go contrary to Him is to walk in darkness and to be in greaat danger as it brings disunity and disharmony to His created world. God is then warthful towards those who rebel against His rule. So Adam and the whole human race fell into sin and incurred the judgment and wrath of God.
Now that we have sinned, what should we do, but to try and appease Him and seek His forgiveness? But how do we do that considering our total unworthiness and lack of right even to appear before Him for a moment? There is only one who can represent us. "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world." (1Jo. 2:1, 2) A propitiation is a thing offered to appease someone. Jesus is that offering given to God to appease His wrath against the sin of His people. This is God's own demand so that we might have hope of reconciliation. This was the demand Christ met on the Cross of Calvary when He died for us.
To those of us who are experiencing this grace of God in Christ, we can be much comforted. It speaks of God's favour towards us - the favour of the immutable God! "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?" (Rom. 8:31, 33) Anyone condemning us is going contrary to the God Who has forgiven us for Christ's sake. It is an awesome thing to know that one is forgiven by God. What is His intention in forgiving us? What can we expect? His thought towards us is one of good.
With the continual intercession of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in Heaven, we can expect great sanctification to take place in our lives. This is the work of the Mighty Spirit of our Glorified Christ. We are created in Christ Jesus unto good works.
What's God purpose in allowing sins in our lives?
Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at http://soshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/daily-light-on-daily-path-january.html#Jan31E.
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