Speeding and the Gospel

Angie and I were driving to St. Simons the other day for her 10 year high school reunion when I looked down at the speedometer and we were traveling at 90+ mph with my beautiful wife and precious boy in the car and I wasn't even in a hurry! I then passed a sign that read "Speed Limit 65". At that moment God convicted me of my disobedience. As I slowed down I began to see that no one else was obeying the law either.

The definition of sin is any transgression of the law of God or in simpler terms doing anything God forbids. The seriousness of sin is literally life and death. We have all sinned (Rom. 3:23) and therefore all rightfully deserve our just punishment of eternity in hell. The most glorious news about all this, even while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Eph. 4:8) and wiped out the debt we have acquired for ourselves. We have been justified by faith in Jesus through grace (Rom. 3:24-25)to eternal life with Christ. Life is the most precious gift we have ever  been given, we earned death for ourselves and Gods amazing grace has reinstated our life in Christ! So what does this mean for our life? If we love Christ we desire to obey His commands(John 14:15), therefore, we will desire to be obedient once we look at obedience through the lens of the gospel. Now, will I always obey every law for the rest of my life? Absolutely not! I will repent and return to the feet of the Father for His gracious mercy on me just like he does every single day. Confessing sin and crawling to the feet of our Father is a great privilege called repentance that everyone has access to but few see the beauty repentance holds.  Praise be to God the one and only hope we have! Amen.