Apr 6 - 1 Peter 2:24

Christ himself bore our sins

in his body on the cross,

so that, free from sins,

we might live for _________

1 Peter 2:24

Fill in the blank.

In this short verse, Peter is telling his Jewish readers – and each of us – …

·         That Jesus is the Christ, the long-awaited Messiah,

·         That our Messiah – our Savior – died upon a cross,

·         That the fruit of this death was to “bear our sins,” to take them upon himself so that we don’t have to carry them forever,

·         That the result of the cross was permanently freeing us from sin.

What an incredible blessing! But now what?!

That’s Peter’s next piece of this verse. Jesus Christ died on the cross to save you from the sin and death, now what?! We’re free from death – hurray! – so now we are invited to truly live. But how? It’s time to permanently fill in the blank …

Here’s a clue … Nowadays, we often wink at sin. We know we aren’t “supposed” to do” certain things, but “everyone’s doing them” and really, “it’s not that bad.” Have you ever used those excuses? Have you ever minimized sin?

Christ Jesus never minimized sin. In fact, our sin – big and little – was so bad that it required his blood to conquer it. The violence of the cross requires us to fill in that blank with our “righteousness.” Christ himself bore our sins … so that we might live for righteousness.

In Christ’s Love,

a guy who must have

something in his eye –

I keep winking and want to stop;

I want to live for righteousness