May 15
John 8:21-30
Do you have confidence that you have eternal life? If you do, are you walking in a way that reflects and tastes that life now? Or does your life sometimes feel like a slow death? Three times in the ten verses of John 8:21-30 Jesus uses the phrase "die in your sin(s)." Jesus confronts the Pharisees to make clear what is at stake. Either people will die in their sins and have their wickedness permanently separate them from him, or they will experience God's forgiveness and dwell with him for eternity. There is no middle ground. There is nothing that religion, morality, or obedience can offer, outside of Jesus. What is necessary is belief in Christ.
We all have sinned, and outside of Christ sin remains upon us and ushers us into judgment, while in Christ they are removed. The only way to life is Jesus, every other path leads to death. Sin may not be a popular thing to talk about in our world, but popularity does not equate to the importance or necessity of broaching the subject. Everyone we interact with needs to deal with their sin and the only way it can be dealt with is Jesus. So let us share the hope that Jesus offers in giving life. We can have confidence in our eternal life and can experience the fruit of that life today. So, walk in life and run from death.
Father God, thank you I have experienced your forgiveness through my belief in Christ. Thank you I will not die in my sins; instead, I will dwell with you forever. Amen.
What are ways of bringing up the concept of sin to people who are far from Christ?
Do you have confidence that you have eternal life? If you do, are you walking in a way that reflects and tastes that life now? Or does your life sometimes feel like a slow death? Three times in the ten verses of John 8:21-30 Jesus uses the phrase "die in your sin(s)." Jesus confronts the Pharisees to make clear what is at stake. Either people will die in their sins and have their wickedness permanently separate them from him, or they will experience God's forgiveness and dwell with him for eternity. There is no middle ground. There is nothing that religion, morality, or obedience can offer, outside of Jesus. What is necessary is belief in Christ.
We all have sinned, and outside of Christ sin remains upon us and ushers us into judgment, while in Christ they are removed. The only way to life is Jesus, every other path leads to death. Sin may not be a popular thing to talk about in our world, but popularity does not equate to the importance or necessity of broaching the subject. Everyone we interact with needs to deal with their sin and the only way it can be dealt with is Jesus. So let us share the hope that Jesus offers in giving life. We can have confidence in our eternal life and can experience the fruit of that life today. So, walk in life and run from death.
Father God, thank you I have experienced your forgiveness through my belief in Christ. Thank you I will not die in my sins; instead, I will dwell with you forever. Amen.
What are ways of bringing up the concept of sin to people who are far from Christ?
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