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A New Beginning with God

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January 14, 2025 7:00 pm

A New Beginning with God

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January 14, 2025 7:00 pm

“Did your sin also put Jesus on the cross?” That’s the question Dutch painter Rembrandt seems to be asking in his 1633 masterpiece, The Raising of the Cross. Jesus appears in the center of the picture as His cross is lifted and put in place. Four men are doing the lifting, but one stands out in the light surrounding Jesus. His clothing is different; he’s dressed in the style of Rembrandt’s day, wearing a cap the painter often wore. A closer look at his face reveals that Rembrandt has put himself into the painting, as if to say, “My sins had a part in Jesus’ death.”

But there’s another who also stands out. He’s on horseback, looking directly out of the painting. Some see this as a second self-portrait by Rembrandt, engaging all who observe with a knowing glance that seems to ask, “Aren’t you here too?”

Paul saw himself there, and we may also, because Jesus suffered and died for us as well. In Romans 5:10, he refers to himself and us as “God’s enemies.” But even though our sins caused Jesus’ death, His death reconciles us to God: “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

We stand with both Rembrandt and Paul: sinners in need of forgiveness. Through His cross, Jesus offers us what we could never do for ourselves and meets our deepest need: a new beginning with God.

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While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5-8.

Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. A New Beginning with God was written in red by James Banks. Romans chapter 5 verses 6 through 11. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him? For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life? Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. A New Beginning with God.

Did your sin also put Jesus on the cross? That's the question Dutch painter Rembrandt seems to be asking in his 1633 masterpiece, The Raising of the Cross. Jesus appears in the center of the picture as his cross is lifted and put in place.

Four men are doing the lifting, but one stands out in the light surrounding Jesus. His clothing is different. He's dressed in the style of Rembrandt's day, wearing a cap the painter often wore. A closer look at his face reveals that Rembrandt has put himself into the painting, as if to say, my sins had a part in Jesus' death. But there's another who also stands out.

He's on horseback, looking directly out of the painting. Some see this as a second self-portrait by Rembrandt, engaging all who observe with a knowing glance that seems to ask, aren't you here too? Paul saw himself there, and we may also, because Jesus suffered and died for us as well. In Romans 5-10, he refers to himself and us as God's enemies, but even though our sins caused Jesus' death, his death reconciles us to God. Verse 8 reads, God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. We stand with both Rembrandt and Paul, sinners in need of forgiveness. Through his cross, Jesus offers us what we could never do for ourselves and meets our deepest need, a new beginning with God. Let's pray. Dear Jesus, thank you for giving yourself for us and for loving us when you were the farthest thing from our minds. Please help us to live in your love today. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. As you go about your day, reflect on these questions. How were you once God's enemy? In what ways can you live as his friend today?
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