Suppose you lot were a dirty, illiterate, sickly criminal justly charged amongst a vehement crime, awaiting your execution.
Then, to your amazement, a human being said he’d piece of employment inward your place, give you lot his inheritance, as well as brand you lot purpose of his loving family.
A fantasy, right?
No, this is the truthful storey of God's honey for us.
Spiritually, we're on decease row, deserving punishment, totally unworthy - dead men walking(1):
“All accept turned away, they accept together piece of employment worthless; at that spot is no 1 who does good, non fifty-fifty one.” Romans 3:12
"The reward of sin is death." Romans 6:23
“But God demonstrates his ain honey for us inward this: While nosotros were withal sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
In improver to dying inward our place, God gives us a household unit of measurement as well as inheritance nosotros don't deserve:
“See what cracking honey the Father has lavished on us, that nosotros should last called children of God! And that is what nosotros are!” 1 John 3:1
He has given us "an inheritance that tin never perish, spoil or fade....kept inward heaven" (1 Peter 1:3-4).
We were dead men walking. Now nosotros are dead men living (John 11:25).(2)
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(1) Term used to push clit a condemned human being walking to his execution.
(2) We are dead men living inward ii ways: We are condemned men given life inward Christ as well as nosotros are men who accept died to self to alive for Christ (Luke 17:33).
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