THE CROSS OF CALVARY

1 Peter 2:24-25

24 He personally bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.  25 For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

彼得前书 2:24-25

What a wonderful declaration of Christ’s sacrifice for us!

I have been a Christian for a long time, and sometimes the joy of my salvation can fade. This passage reminds me that my salvation is totally beyond words and totally beyond my comprehension.

In verse 24, it says that Christ personally bore our sins in His body. The sacrifice of Jesus, was personal.  It was horrific.  The pain was unimaginable. Every wrong thought, every wrong action, every wrong motive, was laid on Him…the spotless and faultless Lamb of God.

To me this is the greatest antidote to a Christian sinning. Looking at the cross, how can we can continue to sin? It is also the greatest motive for living full out for God Amen. Seeing what Jesus has done for us, How can we not live totally sold out for Him?  Through the sacrifice of Jesus, we have been brought back to God. Jesus has won our salvation.  We are restored to God, because of Jesus and His sacrifice at Calvary.

The Cross of Calvary puts all our service for God into perspective. The cross humbles us.  It grips us.  It sets us free to serve the living God.  I love what the Amplified says in its margin, because of Calvary, we have ceased to exist.  We are no longer our own.  We are under new ownership, the ownership of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

I hope this blesses you

Keith