(Use the link below to read the verses.)
Do you remember the old metal kitchen table from the fifties with metal legs? Starting as a little girl, my wife would dump her peas inside one of the table legs when her Mom wasn’t looking. It wasn’t until they moved before her senior year of high school that her Dad found the cache of hardened peas.
My wife hates vegetables! And her parents were very strict about finishing her
vegetables before she could leave the table. The rest of the family would be done and gone for hours, while poor Little Debbie sat alone at the table playing with her cold, stale vegetables.
That’s what Jesus did for you and me. He took all of our sinful thoughts, words, actions and desires; all the things that would nail us to the cross. He took them as his own so that we wouldn’t have to suffer.
Paul wrote in Romans 8, “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.”
(Here's a link for a You Tube video that I by chance came upon that fits this topic. You might enjoy it.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNkgTMa8Vis
Into her punishment, walked Bubba, her Big Brother. Oftentimes, he would sneak into the kitchen, grab a handful of veggies off Debbie’s plate and quickly pitch them into the trash. On occasion, he would even force the cold stale food down his own throat. In a sense, taking her punishment on himself.
That’s what Jesus did for you and me. He took all of our sinful thoughts, words, actions and desires; all the things that would nail us to the cross. He took them as his own so that we wouldn’t have to suffer.
13 But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” NLT
For my wife, as a little girl, Bubba took her punishment away allowing her to leave the dinner table. For us, Jesus is the only one who can take our punishment away. And what is the result of his sacrifice?
Paul wrote in Romans 8, “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.”
The peas are gone in our life. There is no sin from the past, present or future counted against us. We are free to live without judgement; without condemnation; without shame. All of this because of Jesus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNkgTMa8Vis
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