Bible Verse of the Day Wednesday April 26th, 2023

Romans 5:10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

Imagine going to the Gas station and filling your car or truck with gasoline using your bank card. Then when you got home, there was a message from your bank in your e-mail asking you to confirm a gas purchase of $38,613,759,564. Now imagine that you do not have some 38-odd billion dollars in the bank; there would be no way you could ever pay that debt. We all have a sinful obligation that we must pay, but as the example of the 38-billion-dollar gas purchase, we will never be able to pay our sin debt (Romans 3:23; 6:23). The word “enemies” in this verse of scripture indicates that we are at enmity with God as lost sinners. We can never reconcile that situation through our merits, no more than we could ever expect to pay that 38-billion-dollar debt.

This point is where it becomes so awesomely overwhelming that Christ Jesus suffered and died on the Cross for such a wretch as I. Jesus did not die for the righteous people because there are no righteous people that exist on the earth (Ecclesiastes 7:20). All people that are born again washed in the Blood saved believers and followers of Christ Jesus enjoy reconciliation to God through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus on the Cross of Calvary. So likewise, God reconciled us to Himself through the death of His one and only son on the Cross (John 3:16). 

Now we get to the central theme of this verse of scripture. Since God reconciled us while we were all in hostility to Him, imagine the level of love He is outpouring to all who have accepted Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior. The eternal life of Christ Jesus is our assurance of eternal life with the one that loves with everlasting love. Unfortunately, some out there falsely believe and teach that the saved sinner must maintain salvation. There might be a sliver of possibility to that false thesis if we could do something to earn our salvation. However, that is not the case because we are all sinners and always fall short of the glory of God; furthermore, there is no righteousness in any human that has ever lived, is living now, or will ever live. (Romans 3:10; 3:23).

Christ Jesus will always intercede for His children and advocate for us before the Father (1 John 2:1). He will do this for as long as we are in the flesh and will continue to be our glorification for all time and eternity.