Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Romans 5:12-17
by: Joy Choquette.
Have you ever had a debt paid off for you? Maybe a small loan-turned-gift from a family member or friend. Multiply that times a gazillion and we can get a better understanding of the sacrifice Jesus made for us. The Law was needed to bring official condemnation for sin. But once He took our place on the cross, this passage reminds us that Jesus replaced condemnation with justification. We are all eligible for the gift of justification that Jesus gives—a gift that results not only in the repayment of debt but in salvation itself.