Sin is the dare of God’s justice, the rape of his mercy, the jeer of his patience, the slight of his power, the contempt of his love. We may go on and say, it is the upbraiding of his providence (psalm 50), the scoff of his promise (2 peter 3:3-4), the reproach of his wisdom (isaiah 29:16). And as is said of the man of sin (i.e. who is made up of sin) it opposes and exalts itself above all that is called God (and above all that God is called), so that it as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing itself as if it were God (2 thes 2:4).
-Ralph Venning, The Sinfulness of Sin, pg. 32-
Oh Love and Justice Church, I pray that we would see our sin in this way, that way we can see how beautiful the cross of Christ is. When we see how disgusting and filthy our sin is to God, we see the great price that Jesus paid on the cross for us. Let us get in our minds that in our sin we are enemies and hostile to God, but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Oh I pray that that sinks deep into your heart, while you hated him, wanted nothing to do with him, you weren’t even looking for him, in fact you even opposed him. It was in that moment that he died for you. Praise His name for there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
love and justice
brandon
Love and Justice Church 