2 Corinthians 5:14-15 – Through the Cross

Daily Devotional Bible Verses

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. (2 Corinthians 5:14-15 ESV)

Through the cross…

• Jesus gives Himself as a ransom.
• Jesus forgives our trespasses.
• Jesus erases our debt.
• Jesus liberates us from sin.
• Jesus frees us from our futile ways.
• Jesus reconciles us to God.
• Jesus reconciles enmity between people.
• Jesus reconciles all things on heaven and earth to Himself.
• Jesus pays our penalty and removes our guilt.
• Jesus appeases God’s wrath and justice.
• Jesus upholds God’s righteousness.
• Jesus secures our redemption for eternity.
• Jesus models the ultimate denial of self.
• Jesus displays God’s power for our salvation.

The cross is much more than an instrument to just get us to heaven.

Meditate on the Cross of Christ today.