1 Peter 3:18-19 (NKJV) 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God…
Most of us reading this already know that Jesus died for us. We’ve been told hundreds and hundreds of times.
But why? Why did He have to die for our sins?
Sin separates us from God. It creates a gap between us that can’t be bridged with good works, religious piety, religious rituals or anything else that we can dream up.
God’s word teaches this from the beginning to the end, from Genesis to Revelation.
And it was because of this separation that Jesus had to die. His sacrifice on the cross removed the gap, the barrier, between us and God because He was sinless.
And because he bore the sins of the world while He was on the cross, God turned away from Him. Jesus felt the gap between Himself and the Father for the first time. And because of it, He cried out, asking why God had abandoned Him.
Mark 15:34 (NKJV) 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
The same thing happens to us. Sin separates us from God. And when we sin repeatedly, we grow further and further from Him.
Only when we confess our sin and turn from it do we close the gap between us and God again.
So, we urge you today, if you’re feeling distance between you and God, let’s check ourselves and see if we’ve fallen into habitual sin. Have we become desensitized and made something a habit that’s not pleasing to God?
It’s never too late to start fresh and make things right. He’s always right there, waiting for us right where we left Him.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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