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Counting Birds

January 3rd, 2025

Romans 5:1-8    

I imagine going to a grocery store would look a little different if it weren’t for the cross. In addition to bread, milk, and eggs, we’d have to figure out how many goats, lambs, and doves we’d need to absolve the previous week’s sins for ourselves and our families. What a mess it would be, keeping track of which sins were committed, what sacrifices were necessary, and making sure they were carried out correctly. (There would most certainly need to be an app for that, or at the very least, a website dedicated to aiding in the process).

I am so glad that we don’t have to live by the complexities of the old covenant. Instead, because of the Father’s great love and Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, we don’t need to count birds every time we make a mistake. Rather, we can count our blessings that while you and I were still sinners, Christ died for us.

The sacrifice of one is all it took for us to have the privilege to go directly to the Father and receive forgiveness for our sins. And for that, we should always be thankful.

Author: Andrea Talley