Weekly Devotionals - May 21st

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 

Romans 5:10

This is the central theme of the New Testament; believers are reunited with God through Jesus Christ. Believers often look only at the death of Christ as the moment of reconciliation, but Paul points to a second, the life of Christ. Think about it, since the wages of sin are death, Christ cleansed believers of their sins when He died. But we still sin. This is what Paul was saying, that the life of Christ was lived in perfection to all God’s laws and without sin. Simply put, Jesus is the only person who is righteous before God. That righteousness is transferred to all who believe. So, when God views a believer, He sees His Son.