THE WAY OF THE CROSS (IV)


*DAILY DEW 18TH/SEPTEMBER/2021*

*THE WAY OF THE CROSS* (IV)

_Key Bible Text:_
*He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.* (1 Peter 2:24 (AMP))

_Bible Insight:_

*2. Through Christ’s death on the cross, those who turn to Him are delivered from the power of sin.*

“... that having died to sins, we might live to righteousness; for by His wound you were healed.” Some have applied the word “healing” to physical healing alone. But that is not in the only appropriate context (neither here nor in Isa. 53:5). The “for” (2:25) is explanatory; Peter is explaining further what he means by the healing effected by Christ’s death: Rather than straying like sheep, as we formerly lived, we now have been turned (passive verb in Greek) to the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls. In other words, Christ’s death delivers us from the ongoing power of sin.

There are three facts about the power of sin which we must grasp from these verses: A. THE POWER OF SIN CAUSED US TO STRAY CONTINUALLY AS SHEEP.

“For you were continually straying like sheep” (2:25). Peter uses a verb construction that emphasizes the continual past action of straying. Before we turned to Jesus Christ as our sin bearer, we were characterized by straying from the Good Shepherd, going our own way. We were lost even though we may not have known it. We were in danger of harm and even death, although perhaps we were oblivious to it.

*Sheep aren’t even smart enough to know that they’re lost or to find their own way back to the shepherd if they wanted to. The only way they come back to him is if he takes the initiative in going out looking for them. This is implied in Peter’s use of the passive verb, “have been turned to the Shepherd.”*

*MEDITATION*
*If we have turned to Him, it’s because He came looking for us. If you have not yet come to Him, you cannot save yourself. But the Shepherd is seeking you, even today. He wants to deliver you from the power of sin that causes you to stray from His loving care and protection.*

Culled from Steven J. Cole's "Lesson 13: The Meaning Of The Cross (1 Peter 2:24-25)"

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