DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 16; Psalm 52-54; Acts 9:1-31
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.
Galatians 1:4
For the sinner the gospel brings forgiveness from sins. But it does more than that. Once we have accepted Christ, the gospel brings deliverance from sin’s deadly influence. Our greatest need as sinners is forgiveness from the penalty of sin and our greatest need as saints is deliverance from the power of sin. Christ accomplished both. In our verse, Paul tells us that Christ’s death for our sins was to deliver us from this present evil world. He died for my sins, but faith in our death with Christ is deliverance from the power of sin. —Harold G. Smith
Dying with Jesus, by death reckoned mine;
Living with Jesus, a new life divine. —Daniel W. Whittle