To preface my thoughts, this is my reflection of Romans 5:12-21.
Sin was brought into this world by the transgressions of one man. Life for man would never be the same after this one sin. Now hatred, killing, sickness, lust, and many other evils entered this world. Evils that God never imagined his creation would encounter. This one transgression brought the fall of man for eternity.
Just as the transgression of one man brought sin into this world the perfect sacrifice of another man ended this reign of sin for eternity. Sin no longer bounded man because this gift took his transgressions and made them right in the eyes of God. This one gift erased years of hatred, killing and sickness. This one gift made man whole again.
One man's gift erased one man's transgression that intern erased all of the world's transgressions past, present and for eternity!!!
Why do we always focus on one man's sin when we could be focusing on one mans perfect gift? The gift that God gave to save the creation he would die for, that he did die for.
Until next time...
laterDays
Good words.
ReplyDeleteWhile I do agree, my friend, I'm not sure how often we focus on "one man's sin." That being said with the assumption that you're alluding to Adam at the fall.
ReplyDeleteI read it as how we (or at least I know I do this) spend so much time comparing our lives to others and justify what we do by only focusing on the sins of others. Or we spend so much time only emphasizing the faults, failures and shortcomings of others and sometimes this is sometimes all we view them as. We "label" people by theirs sins instead of simply focusing on what Christ did for them same as us. Least thats my 2 cents. Good post Chris :)
ReplyDeleteI like your thoughts Zack. Unfortunately, I don't remember what exactly I was trying to say with this post. It seems that I left it wide open for interpretation and I like the understanding you have come too. I think I was attempting to point our gaze away from imperfection to perfection in Christ's sacrifice.
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