Thought for the Week
"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:21
We were not capable. We couldn't pay the debt we owed. Someone would have to stand in our place. Have you ever had a debt you couldn't pay? Any little bit you COULD pay of it seems so meaningless. It's almost offensive to the lender. You know it's not close to what you owe. They know it. It's almost not worth bringing up. The only way to be free and clear from the debt is for someone to just pay it for you. You become free and clear. The only way to pay the debt of sin we owed was for someone without sin to die the death we deserve. When the very first humans sinned, God warned that it would bring death. We didn't know how to get out of the mess we created. Even our feeble attempts at 'goodness' still left us unworthy. In Christ, we are made righteous through the death and penalty payment he paid on our behalf. That's the miracle of the cross. That's the miracle of Good Friday.
