Our Scripture reading today is Galatians 1:4, "Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:"
What a gift we have in the Lord Jesus Christ! There is no greater gift than eternal life.
Notice that His sacrifice for us was the will of God. God loves sinners like you and me
so much that He willingly gave His Son to die in our place. I am also thankful that
this gift does not start when we die, but it is a present possession. Paul wrote that we
are delivered from this world. We are not bound by this world because we are made
new by the grace of God. There is power given to us by God to live the Christian life
while we are still in this world. What a mighty God we serve!