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October 11, 2023
He is Sovereign
Beloved one Jesus paid the price for our sins, and God gave Jesus what we deserve. It is both God’s mercy and Justice that sends you to heaven. God is just sending you to heaven because God gave His Son ALL your punishment. Were you sentenced to hell, (condemned) to eternal death? Yes! We all were. We were condemned which means we were given a death sentence. You now have been sentenced to heaven! You must go to heaven now because Jesus took your punishment on the cross when you accepted Him as your Savior and Lord. You deserved to die, but Jesus took your punishment. He did it for all of us!
The Lord isn’t slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed but wants everyone to repent. (2 Peter 2:9) The root word justice means ‘equal.’ There are several words in the bible for sins, such as iniquity and transgression. Sin means you missed the mark. (Exodus 10:16, Galatians 5:17, Romans 3:23) Iniquity is deeper rooted – it is a premeditated choice without repentance. (2 Samuel 11:3-4, 12:9, Micah 2:1, Psalms 51:2) Transgression is to disobey intentionally. (Numbers 6:1-5, Judges 14:8-9, 16:17, Psalms 32:1, 5) Most people know that the word iniquity is a sin but look closely at the meaning of an iniquity. Iniquity means not equal to God. Sin is not equal to God because He doesn’t sin. He is perfect. Have you ever seen the Scales of Justice, and do you know how they work? The scales represent: that on one side, the prosecutor, and the defense both put all their evidence on the same side, and the judge rules from the other side.
God puts all your good and bad on the scales, and He sits on the other side because He is merciful. Simply put, God is on one side of the scales, and you and I are on the other, and we cannot do anything about it, except one thing we can invite Jesus into our hearts and repent of our sins! When Jesus gets on the scales with me, and the scale of Justice says equal! Equal! Equal! He is merciful! He is just! He is sovereign! What a mighty God we serve!
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