The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in 1 John 2:1-2,
“My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”
Here is a fascinating reality! The very sacrifice that paid the penalty for our sin now speaks on our behalf! Maybe it’s just me but it seems to me that the payment for something to speak to the veracity of a transaction carries more weight than anything else possibly can.
I’ll try to explain myself here (and don’t press this illustration too far). When you return some item to a store, they want to know whether you really bought the product at that store. The folks at the store don’t want to give you something if it isn’t due you so they often require a receipt of the transaction. Imagine if you show at the store with some product you are returning and the money in the till suddenly speaks up and says, “I’m the payment! I’m proof the transaction took place!”
Here we are told that Jesus Christ speaks to the Father in our defense. He is in the position to say, “I paid the price for him! I paid the debt!” No need to verify whether payment was made by checking the books or anything else. The currency itself, Jesus Christ himself speaks up! “I paid the price! I am the payment for him!” He is our atoning sacrifice for all our sins, for the sins of the whole world!
Although all sin has been paid for by him it is important to note that the payment for our sin is not credited to our account with our creator unless/until we embrace him in faith. But what a wonderful reality! The currency of the transaction that brings us eternal life speaks on our behalf before the judge of all humanity!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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