In Chapter 2 we are told of the hunger for God’s Word in places where it is limited. But it is also eagerly sought out when provided at a deeper level to those in the Western world.
What has Jesus done for us in His death? We have been freed from the punishment we rightly deserved for our disobedience and sin. The resurrection of Jesus on the first day of the week confirms His power over sin and death.
Jesus, in His great love for us, willingly gave up His life and His close relationship with God, so that we who trust in Him may have life, and a close relationship with God, our heavenly Father. We cannot imagine what Jesus suffered in taking the punishment for our sins, and being forsaken by God, because we have never been in that close relationship which Jesus had in the Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit (see Genesis 1:1-3 and Mark 1:9-11).
This grace, this free gift from God, is totally radical. How should we then live?
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