Would you like to know God’s most important message to us? This is summed up in one verse in the Bible, Romans 6:23. Let me draw you a picture of what the verse means.
This box represents what we can find out from this verse.
We are represented by this person. Notice, we are running away from God.
The verse starts off with “The wages of sin is death.” What does that mean?
Wages are what is owed to someone who has done some kind of work.
It is what we do so let’s put that under us.
The next word is sin. Sin is any attitude or action that is against God and misses the standard of His perfect moral purity.
We have all sinned in big or little ways, so we’ll put sin under us.
Next is death. Death represents the great separation that exists between us and God.
We’ll put death under us also.
This now represents us on one side of cliff and God on the other.
Let’s continue with the verse, “but the free gift of God”
The word but is very important. It tells us that there is a dramatic difference in this part of the verse.
We’ll put that word at the bottom of the chasm.
Now look at “free gift.” The gift is free and that means there is nothing we can do to earn it. We can only receive it.
It is a gift that comes from God.
We’ll put free gift under God and Of God under God also to make sure we remember the gift comes from God.
Now the verse continues to explain that the free gift is eternal life.
Since the gift of eternal life is from God, we’ll put it under God as well.
Now look at the difference between the two sides of chasm.
On one side we are running way from God because of our sin and eventually, we will receive the wages of our sin which is death.
On the other side is God who has a gift of eternal life. In between is that word “but.”
Now the rest of the verse reveals how we get the gift. It says, “In Christ Jesus our Lord.”
This gift of eternal life is in Christ Jesus. He is the one that gives us the gift of eternal life.
Didn’t I just say God has the gift? How is it that Jesus gives us the gift?
He is Lord. That means that Jesus is God in the flesh, and He never sinned.
That is why He and He alone could pay our debt for our sins when He died on the cross.
Now there is a way for us to receive the gift of eternal life from God.
But we must repent from our sins. That means we must turn around in our thinking and follow that path to God through Jesus Christ.
To do that we must trust in Jesus’ death for our sins and obey Him as your Lord.
If God has given you a desire to trust Jesus alone, give your life to Him, and obey Him, then
Pray with me.
Dear Jesus, I know I’m a sinner. Thank you for dying for my offenses. Forgive me. I trust in you alone to save me. Come into my life and guide me.
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