June 23, 2020
Tuesday’s Thoughts on Scripture comes from Romans 6, verse 14: For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. (NRSV)
My pastor used this illustration to explain how God sees us: when we are united with God through baptism, we are laminated to Jesus, just as wood that has been laminated can no longer be separated. Therefore, when God looks at us, God sees us through the lens of Jesus. And that is a lens of grace, not a lens of law. Therefore, sin is no longer able to have a hold on us, because sin cannot have a hold on Jesus. And we are laminated to him, unable to be separated.
I was reminded (and comforted) of his explanation when I read the verse for this week. As Children of God, we are under God’s grace. No exceptions. And sin, the separation of God from humans, has lost. Thanks be to God!!
Blessings. And prayers.
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