Making It Personal
Let us take a closer look at verses six and seven. Six tells us while we were without strength or weak, Christ died for us. What really can we do? When can one be strong enough? The answer is never. Man is destitute and cannot obtain favor with God with the shed blood of Jesus Christ. He was the Great Sacrifice and Christ offered his own blood personally to the Father. The price was paid and we have that peace with God. We are acquitted through the blood and the blood alone.
Matthew 9:9-13 shows the purpose of Christ’s atonement. The Pharisees were criticizing Christ for eating with publicans and tax collectors. Christ responded by saying, “They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Christ gave His life for the unrighteous, all of us. What do you spend your energy on? What are you living for?
Through our justification we have access. When I think about this concept, I am reminded of Isaiah chapter six. Isaiah sees the Lord lifted up and tried to describe Him. His train fills the temple. His voice makes the Door posts shake. When we are justified, we can reverently and boldly come into this presence and talk to the Almighty, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe.
Furthermore, my thoughts are drawn to Numbers chapter twelve. Miriam and Aaron have murmured against God and Moses. Their accusation is that Moses was getting haughty and that God could speak to anyone just as He did to Moses. God pulls them together in front of the tabernacle and tells them that He will move through prophets but Moses is special and they speak mouth to mouth. Can you imagine being Moses speaking mouth to mouth with God? What is our excuse? Today, in the New Testament time, we have the Holy Spirit and we have all we need to be holy. So, why are we not? Why do we not speak mouth to mouth with the Almighty? Through Christ, we have access. Think of what we can do if we were to utilize this gift with the gift of the Holy Spirit.