“But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” -Romans 6:22-23 (ESV)
Most of the time we understand what consequences we face for doing what we do. We may not understand so well that we do what we do because we live in bondage to a nature that is sinful. We are born into this world in that condition. But God, who always planned to make a way for us to be redeemed, made this plan with His Son, Jesus. Our verse gives us a law. There is only one payment for our sin of rebellion and our rejection of God. The payment due by us is death. It is through our Lord Jesus, who lived a perfect life, something none of us could manage, took our place in the payment-line. By His death on the cross He collected and received the wages for our sin. The wages that were due from each of us were laid upon the back of perfect Jesus upon the criminal’s cross. He suffered for us what we should have suffered. By faith we believe in Jesus as our Lord and Savior. By faith, we receive the free gift of God which is eternal life. When God gives us eternal life, it is for eternity.
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