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June 21, 2013

"Bad news"

Scripture Reading:    

Romans 6:23 (HCSBO) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Devotion And Meditation:

There is some bad news in that verse:the wages of sin is death."  The Greek word for sin is best understood as "missing the mark."  The word picture describes an archer who shoots his arrow at the target and misses the bull's eye.  We find ourselves here as "all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God.  We have all missed the mark, and the bad news is that the cost or wage is death.  A wage is what we get for doing something.  We work a certain number of hours, and our employer pays us an agreed upon wage.  It is something we have earned, something we deserve.  It is something we have coming to us.  The Bible says, "the wages of sin is death."  It is strange how many men and women sin, thinking it is going to pay dividends of fun and pleasure.  but Satan is a liar.  Sin pays its wage alright, but its wage is death, which is separation from all that is good.  payday someday.  That is bad news.  When we miss the mark, it costs us greatly. 

 

Win or lose, I want to make sure that I make God's name great

Pastor Ben J Lahay 

Galatians 2:20