Today's Reading: "...Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints." (Revelation 15:3b KJV)
Jesus, friend of sinners (Luke 7:34 ) has become the King of saints. How? His "great and marvelous works", His "just and true ways". Man could never hope to attain to the moral requirements of a just and holy God. Who among us has ever kept His commandments? “There are none righteous, no not one.” (Romans 3:10) Yet, how is it we are called saints? Being human we are sinful from birth (Genesis 8:21) and the just wage of our sin is death (Romans 6:23) But, “great and marvelous are thy works…” God has provided the Way - the Righteous for the unrighteous; the Just for the unjust (John 3:16). The Great Shepherd has become our sacrificial Lamb. The cross? Why, the shame of the cross has become the glory of our salvation! Christ’s own blood was spilled on God’s mercy seat and atonement for our sin was complete (Herbrews 9:1-15)! Once and for all! (Oh, there are two ways of looking at that verse--Jesus's blood was spilled once for all people and once for all our sin. Glory!) Shepherd, Lamb, High Priest, Intercessor! Let us marvel at the cost of our sainthood. What an awesome God we serve! His wisdom is beyond understanding!
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