MI DAILY DEVOTION
TUESDAY
THE LORD’S SUFFERING AND DEATH FOR OUR SINS
(I Peter 3:18) For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Peter knew that the Lord Jesus Christ is God. Peter weaknesses and sins kept him away from the will of God, but it was not the hindrance for Peter to keep himself away from the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s grace and mercy was given to us because of our sinfulness. You may talk about Peter’s denial of our Lord and how he lived in carnality and worldliness, but one thing for sure! Jesus suffered for our sins and He died and rose again for our forgiveness. People may look at your fault, mistakes, sins, your downfall and negative things in you; but Jesus cleanse us and washed us with His precious blood. It means He covered all the sins that we have committed because we’re forgiven. In laymen’s words, it means- He overlooked the bad things in you. Imagine yourself like you’re standing before a judge and when he read the verdict, he said; “Today, Mr. Sinner, you’re acquitted for the crime that you’ve committed, Case dismissed!” That’s exactly what will happen if you come to God by faith and repentance. It means you ask the Lord for forgiveness. The Lord did not condemn Peter when he sinned and failed, He forgave him. Peter failed the Lord, But God restored him. God can do the same to you today. I have a story of a little boy who confessed to his grandpa about breaking his grandpa’s eyeglasses. His grandpa forgave him instantly. The boy asked; “Why? You’re not mad at me grandpa?” The old man said; “You’re more precious to me than my eyeglasses.” We are God precious creations and He wants you to spend eternity with Him in heaven. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. (John 20:31)
