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Many
deaths in this world are avoidable. Inquests reveal
that had the person taken better care of themselves,
for example, they might still have been alive.
Others die though the negligence or recklessness of
others. Painful reflection can confirm the point -
many deaths are avoidable.
There
is one death that was totally unavoidable. It was
the death of Jesus Christ on that first Good Friday.
It could not be avoided if we were ever to be saved
from our sin. We are cut off from God through our
transgressions and totally unable to find a way back
into His favour and friendship. The decree of a
righteous and holy God is that the soul who sins
shall die.
But
love provided a substitute for the sinner in the
person of the Son of God. His death was pre-arranged
by the Father and the Son to atone for sin and
obtain forgiveness for the sinner. By coming as a
human being into the world, He was able to die on
the cross in our place so that we could be pardoned
and go to be with Him in glory.
If we
were ever to be forgiven and restored to friendship
with a holy God, then the death of Jesus Christ was
unavoidable. Now raised to heaven, He gives life and
peace to all who seek Him
If
you live in or near Crich, in the County of
Derbyshire, or even beyond, why not come and learn
more as we remember over this Easter time how the
Lord of glory gave Himself for a sinful world?
"But God
commendeth His love towards us, in that, while we
were yet sinners
Christ died for us"
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Bible, Romans 5:8) |
