Forgiven

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CROSS…

We are asked to look at the subject of forgiveness and reconciliation. The perfect place for us to turn in the Bible to look at the forgiveness found in the cross isn’t in the gospels, but it is found in Paul’s epistle to the Romans. Romans 5:6-11 in this short paragraph we see statements like:

Christ died for the ungodly,” “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us,” and “we were reconciled to God.”

Jesus Christ didn’t come to bring salvation to those of us who were already on his team; no, he came to give his life on behalf of his enemies so that we could be forgiven and found righteous in the sight of the one perfect and holy God. We were saved to be spared from the wrath of God (v.9), even though it came at the expense of the shed blood of God’s only begotten son.