“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we
might become the righteousness of God.”
II Corinthians 5:21
God has an issue with sin.
Why is that?
Do you think you know the answer?
Be careful now, because how you answer may reveal more than you think!
What is it about sin that really gets’ God’s goat (so to speak)?
If I could stop here and survey 100 people how do you think they would answer?
Most likely the top answer would be:
God can’t tolerate sin because He is holy!
O.K. – good answer – but is it the best or even the correct answer?
God is holy!
That is true and there’s no debating that statement.
But God was holy before I sinned and even if you and I ‘sin up a storm’ He remains holy.
My sin doesn’t change that fact.
Does that mean that sin doesn’t matter to God?
Of course it doesn’t.
We all agree that God has an issue with sin.
So what is His issue?
“For God so loved the world…”
God loves you and me.
We cannot even begin to imagine how much He loves us.
When we sin it is less a question of the impact on God as it is the impact on those He loves.
God has an issue with sin because sin impacts you and me.
We make the question of sin all about God; but in His mercy and great love He makes it all about us in the sense that He knows the consequence of sin in the life of someone very special to Him.
That someone is you.
That someone is me.
God didn’t deal with sin by placing us in isolation so He wouldn’t “catch it”!
He sent His Son to be sin for us.
In essence, the Holy God, exposed Himself to our sin and took it upon Himself because of His great love for each of us.
God had, and has, an issue with sin so He rolled up His sleeves and supplied the solution.
May we, in gratitude to God, receive His solution.
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