Friday JESUS, MIGHTY TO SAVE Romans 6:23
“The wages of sin is death….”
Oh, that a right impression might be made upon the minds of young and old in regard to the exceeding sinfulness of sin! Oh, that all might have a just realization of its offensiveness to God, and its injury to mankind! The real character of every act of your life will be made known. It may be even in this life that through the providence of God, some unexpected circumstance will uncover your secret deeds of evil, but should you succeed in hiding your real character from the eyes of men, there is an inevitable day of exposure reserved for every soul who does not repent of his sins and forsake all evil through the strength of Christ, who has died that we might live.
The Bible presents the law of God as a perfect standard by which to shape the life and character. The only perfect example of obedience to its precepts, is found in the Son of God. The Saviour of lost mankind….
Let faith lay hold on the promises of God, Jesus is mighty to save his people from their sins. Light from heaven has illumined our pathway. Sin has been revealed to us by the word and the spirit of truth, that we may not be found transgressors of the divine precepts; and there is no opportunity to plead the excuse of ignorance. We must reach a higher plane. We must hunger and thirst after righteousness. Let the cry go out to God for wisdom, for light, for divine power….We are in the perils of the last days, the Judgment is before us, and how shall we appear who have had light from the heavenly Sanctuary, unless we “cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit” and perfect “holiness in the fear of God!” RH 03-27-88
“No sorrow, no agony, can measure with that which was endured by the Son of God . Man has not been made a sin-bearer, and he will never know the horror of the curse of sin which the Saviour bore. No sorrow can bear any comparison with the sorrow of Him upon whom the wrath of God fell with overwhelming force…..” BTS 09-01.15
The cross of Calvary, while it declares the law immutable, proclaims to the universe that the wages of sin is death. In the Saviour's expiring cry "It is finished," the death knell of Satan was rung. The great controversy which had been so long in progress was then decided, and the final eradication of evil was made wertain. FLB361