''[Christ] gave Himself for our sins to deliver us
from the present evil age (Galatians 1:4).''
Our world is definitely in an evil state. It was evil
when Paul wrote to the Galatians. It was evil when Christ was born at
Christmas. Then again, Jesus only came because the world was evil.
Jesus came to deliver
sinners from a sinful world. The world had been turned upside-down. Jesus came
to set it aright again. To set the world aright, to deliver sinners, Jesus gave
Himself up. In an upside-down world, Jesus' deliverance looks to be backwards.
He gives life through His death. But His death sets the world aright. Deliverance
from evil is yours because Jesus gave Himself into death for you. Amen.
