13:38 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that
through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; 39 and by
Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you
could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest
what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you:
41'Behold, you despisers,
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe,
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe,
though one were to declare it to you.’”
The Story is simple. Death is the end for anyone who breaks
the law. No amount of good behaviour after the infraction can erase the
infraction. No amount of trying to massage the law into something else
will work either. Murder is murder. Hate is murder. Lust is adultery.
Only purity is pure. The thought life must be as holy as our behaviour.
Anything less than perfect holiness is sin and the wages of sin is
death. Jesus did not come to this world to condemn us for our sins. We
were condemned already. The path was set. The damage was done. Jesus was
on a rescue mission. He came to seek and save the lost. He came to give
life to us, the walking dead. He accomplished this by living a holy
life and then dying in our place. He is the Lamb of God that takes away
the sin of the whole world.
Paul stands before these Jews in this synagogue far from
Jerusalem and explains that the message of Jesus is a message of
forgiveness freely offered to all who believe.
Believe. It's one word yet on it hinges life and death.
Religion would have us believe that life and death hinges on behaviour
but it's too late for good behaviour as a means to save ourselves. The
damage is done. We needed a hero and One came. He came because God so
loved the world that He gave us His only Son that whosoever believes in
Him will not perish but have everlasting life.
Not one person will be lost because they were too bad to
save. There is only one way to be lost and that is to reject the rescue
mission of Jesus accomplished for us all nearly 2000 years ago.
40 Beware therefore, lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you:
41'Behold, you despisers,
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe, though one were to declare it to you.’”
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe, though one were to declare it to you.’”
Believe - John 6:29
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