1 Peter 2:24–25 (ESV) — 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree,
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been
healed. 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now
returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
NOTE: The essence of
the gospel is the great exchange. He took our sins. His wounds healed us. He
gave us his righteousness (positional-ly before God). We have all, not just the
Jews, strayed like sheep. Our straying started in the garden and is the reason
for so much that is not right in the world. We rejected God's rule, and God let
us live in the consequences of that decision, in the hope, that we would
realize the foolishness of our choice. His son has dealt with our sin, and we
are left with one choice, to accept or reject his gift. At the end of the age,
which is sooner every moment, he will restore the creation as he intended, but
for now, he is providing mercy to those who do not believe. There is still time
to for a new birth. There is still time for healing, but we have to respond to
Jesus.
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