#71 PROPITIATION

JESUS

#71 PROPITIATION - "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.  But if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.   He is the PROPITIATION for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2:1-2

 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ, whom God put forward as a PROPITIATION by His blood, to be received by faith."  Romans 3:23-25

Full Definition of PROPITIATE:

:  to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of :  appease  : an atoning sacrifice

 Jesus, You are my PROPITIATION! You are the One who paid the debt that I owed to "regain or gain the favor or goodwill of" God.   Jesus, who was sinless,  was willing to die in my place for my sins.  How can I get my head around this?  Out of His love for me, God placed His Son on the cross to pay for what I owed.  C. S. Lewis in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" puts it like this: "When a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward."  Jesus, You were the willing victim, who had committed no treachery - my sinless Savior!  You died in my place as a PROPITIATION!   It is paid for, it is done, it is finished. You paid for every sin that I have committed - past, present and future.  It is finished.    When I first started studying Your names, I  just wanted to learn more about You.  But over and over Your name points to the Gospel and the reason You were born!   You are trying to tell me, just like You tried to tell Your disciples, that You came to earth to die for me.   The love You have for me is so great that You came to be my PROPITIATION!!  How can that be?  Your purpose was to GIVE your life as a payment for sin.    This kind of love changes my life!  Oh Jesus, I worship YOU!  You alone are worthy of worship - my PROPITIATION!!

(Do you understand that Jesus' purpose was to die for you?  Worship Him as your PROPITIATION!!)#100dayswithjesus