Faith & Love: A One Year Bible Reading Plan - Part 2Sample

Romans 5:8: "but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

This is an incredible portion of scripture, and today I specifically want to highlight two ideas around it.

Number 1: In the verse before this one, the Bible says that people will scarcely give their lives for righteous and good people (see Romans 5:7); then Jesus comes along and says, “Hey! I am willing to give my life for a multitude of unrighteous people (including you and me).”And by this, Jesus would show His love toward us.

Number 2: I want to highlight a very small but impactful word, which is “were.” The Bible says: “while we WERE still sinners.” God comes and establishes so much of our identity in this small word. You see, we were sinners, but because Jesus came to give His life for us and because of the price He paid when God looks at us, He does not see sin anymore, He sees the price that Jesus paid, the price that has made us to now be in right standing with God. And because of that, we can connect with God with boldness and liberty.

I pray that you will become more aware of the love that Jesus has shown us and that you may live in the awareness of your true identity!