Herein is our love made perfect, that we
may have boldness in the day of judgment:
because as he is, so are we in this world.
(1 John 4:17)
We shall never understand the extent of
God’s love in Christ at the Cross until we understand that
we shall never have to stand before the judgment of God
for our sins. All our sins—without exception—were placed
on Christ, and He took the judgment we deserve. He
finished the work of redemption.
Once while crossing the North Atlantic in a ship,
I looked out my porthole when I got up in the morning
and saw one of the blackest clouds I had ever seen. I was
certain that we were in for a terrible storm. I ordered my
breakfast sent to my room and spoke to the steward about
the storm. He said, “Oh, we’ve already come through
that storm. It’s behind us.”
If we are believers in Jesus Christ, we have already
come through the storm of judgment. It happened at the
Cross. Don’t be bound by your guilt or your fears any
longer, but realize that sin’s penalty has already been paid
by Christ—completely and fully.
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