For Saturday, December 6, 2025:
Romans 5:6 NLT: “When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.”
There’s a lot in this scripture. Let me review a couple of basic Christian principles, and then we’ll have a look.
1. God and sin are incompatible. God is perfect, and everything around him is perfect. Sin is hugely imperfect and is not tolerated in God’s presence.
2. When God formed mankind, the final step of creation, he looked at everything and declared it “very good!” He loves us, so his desire is that everyone would repent and return to his dwelling place, Heaven. God is willing to forgive repentant sinners if we’re willing to discard our errant ways and if our desire is to come home.
Mankind had no way to obtain forgiveness on our own. Helpless. So God sent his Son, Jesus, our redeemer, to rescue us. As Jesus died, he took the sins of the world to the place of the dead. And mankind, suddenly without sin, found ourselves eligible to take up eternal residence in the Lord’s presence.
God-the-provider, Jehovah-jireh, sent exactly what we needed, forgiveness and redemption, exactly when we needed it. God is good beyond measure!
Pastor Norton Lawellin
Jesus In the City Fellowship
The Father’s House
Truth and Freedom Church
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