Christ died for sinners

 

CHRIST DIED FOR SINNERS

 

He died for us so that . . .we may live together with Him
(1 Thess. 5:9 NIV)

 

A large apartment building was burning and people were trapped on the top floor. The firefighters put up ladders and began rescuing some of the tenants. But the longest ladder on their fire truck was several feet short of the top-floor window where people were calling for help.

 

Suddenly, one of the firefighters went up the ladder, stood on the top rung, and reached to the windowsill above. Then he called the people to climb down over him to the ladder and to safety. He literally became the ladder for them. When everyone was rescued and they helped the heroic firefighter down, his hands and arms were terribly burned. He had sacrificed his hands to fill the gap between those people and safety.

 

"Scarcely for a righteous man will one die," Paul says, "yet . . . for a good man, some would even dare to die" (Rom. 5:7 KJV). But God showed His love by sending Christ to die for the ungodly. Not because we deserved it! Not that we have any merit of our own!

Christ became the ladder. His own body bridged the gap between guilty sinners and a holy God.

 

Life response: "Lord, thank You for Your great sacrifice."