Does Your Love Keep No Record of Wrong?
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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5, NIV, emphasis added).
Do you remember the first time you did something wrong? The first time you lied, stole what wasn’t yours, or thought impure thoughts or motives? Maybe you were a child, or maybe you knew better, but the penalty for your actions was the same: You’d sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
According to the Scriptures, without Jesus’ death and resurrection, our punishment should’ve been death and eternal separation from God: “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23, NLT). It sounds harsh, but sin created a divide between us and our Maker from the beginning of time. And that’s why only Jesus could pay the debt we owed.
Romans 5:8-10 of the Amplified Version says it this way: “But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Therefore, since we have now been justified [declared free of the guilt of sin] by His blood, [how much more certain is it that] we will be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved [from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today]” (Romans 5:8-10, Amplified Version). Why is this crucial to our faith and the love we possess as Christians?
