Friday, September 15, 2006

Reminders

The Lord looks down from heaven
on the children of man, to see if there are any
who understand, who seek after God.
They have all turned aside;
together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.
Psalm 14:2-3 (ESV)
For while we were still weak,
at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person--
though perhaps for a good person
one would dare even to die--
but God shows his love for us
in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
Since, therefore,
we have now been justified by His blood,
much more shall we be saved
by Him from the wrath of God.
For if while we were enemies
we were reconciled to God
by the death of His Son,
much more, now that we are reconciled,
shall we be saved by His life...
Romans 5: 6-10 (ESV)
(bolding added)
I love it when I'm reading scripture and the Lord shows me something and I think, "Wow, I've never noticed that before!" Then there are those times, like now, that the Lord reminds of His grace in my life--that it was not me who pursued Him, but it was He who has given me life.

How merciful a God who, while I was still His sworn enemy, chose to reconcile me to Himself by the blood of His precious Son!

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