The Life You Now Have
1 Peter 1:19 You were bought with the precious blood of Christ’s death. He was a pure and perfect sacrificial Lamb.
Life’s a precious thing. The value of a single human life is incalculable … yet the evil perpetrated in this world will happily trash hundreds and thousands of lives for even the smallest personal gain.
On the other hand, I was chatting with a doctor who’d been caring for his patients for over 35 years. Often he’s had to deliver bad news – a terminal cancer diagnosis – to a patient who up to that point had appeared perfectly healthy. That’s tough.
Life, it seems, is precious in the eyes of good people, but cheap to those who are evil. Does that about sum things up?
If you read the historical account of the life and crucifixion of Jesus, you see both good and evil playing themselves out at the same time. Jesus had only ever done good – healed the sick, loved the poor and marginalised – yet because He so threatened the power base of the religious leaders of His day, they conspired to kill him.
Even then, God had a plan, a purpose, for you and me in all of that.
1 Peter 1:19 You were bought with the precious blood of Christ’s death. He was a pure and perfect sacrificial Lamb.
Yep, they murdered Jesus. But through His death and ultimate resurrection, God Himself paid the price that His justice demanded for our rebellion and sin. And if that wasn’t enough, He gave us a brand new life. Evil human intent … but a good God.
Life is precious. Your life is precious. That’s why … you were bought with the precious blood of Christ’s death
That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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