Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Heaven Is For Bad People

In Heaven, your next door neighbor may be a pedophile. In Heaven, the woman who lives across the street from you may be a prostitute. In Heaven, the two men who live at the end of the road may be murderers of the worst sort.

In Heaven, there will be pornographers, rapists, thieves, cannibals, drug lords, gang members, greedy corporate executives, and corrupt heads of state. But all of these people will have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, who have responded by repentance and faith in Christ.

And do you think yourself any better than these?

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

What Does It Mean When, "Christ Became Sin?"

When a criminal is punished for a crime, it is the criminal who bears the burden of punishment, though it is the crime that is the source of the wrong. Likewise, when a sinner is punished for a sin, it is the sinner who bears the burden of punishment, though it is the sin that is the source of the wrong.

For Christ to be the substitution for our wrongs, He had to move the source of the wrong onto Himself and take that completely away from us. This is why the Bible says, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

(2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:13)