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"And do you now begin to see why Christianity has always said that the devil is a fallen angel? That is not a mere story for the children. It is a real recognition of the fact that evil is a parasite, not an original thing. The powers which enable evil to carry on are powers given it by goodness."

- C.S. Lewis

Friday, April 4, 2008

If You Were The Only One

Posted by Bill @ 8:10 pm CDT
Filed under: Contemplation

I had a sobering thought the other day, and this post by Lars reminded me of it (it's a great post, by the way, and I highly recommend it).

You've heard it said: "if you had been the only sinner in the world, Jesus would have died to save you."

This weekend I thought of a corollary to that: If I had been the only sinner in the world, Jesus would have died to save me. And I would have been the one nailing him to the cross. Because He died for me when I was still His enemy.

It's no wonder that John exults "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God!" - 1 John 3:1a

Have a great weekend, everyone. God loves you!

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Comments on "If You Were The Only One":

1. Brian in Fresno - 04/04/2008 10:35 pm CDT

Bill, I can't thank you enough for this post. I can't tell you how much I needed to hear this at this particular time. Thanks, man. Thank you very much.

2. Philip - 04/05/2008 7:28 am CDT

OH my. Totally brings new light, gives "oomph" back to the meaning of "while we were still sinners Christ died for us" and "forgive them father for they do not know what they do"

"While he was still a sinner, christ died for him" AND "forgive him father for he doesn't know what he's doing"

Wow.

Thanks Bill! This is awesome.

3. Lars Walker - 04/05/2008 11:48 am CDT

Wow. That's a sobering thought. Thanks for giving me something new and important to think about.

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