BJames7

Me: “I’m not good enough.” Jesus: “I know.” Me: “I can’t stop sinning sometimes.” Jesus: “I know.” Me: “I’ve failed You more times than I can count.” Jesus: “I know.” Me: “I don’t deserve Your love.” Jesus: “You’re right.” Me: “Then why would You save me?” Jesus: “Because I came to save sinners.” THAT is the good news of the gospel. Jesus didn’t come for people who had their lives together. He came to save sinners who could never save themselves. You don’t earn His love by becoming good enough. You don’t pay Him back by becoming perfect. You don’t make yourself righteous through your own efforts. Christ lived the perfect life you could never live. He died the death your sins deserved. He paid the debt you could never repay. And He rose again, conquering sin and death. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). We were guilty. He was innocent. We were unrighteous. He was perfectly righteous. We owed the debt. He paid it. And through faith in Him, we are justified—not because of our righteousness, but because of His. This doesn’t mean sin no longer matters. It doesn’t mean we make peace with our sin or use grace as an excuse to keep rebelling against God. It means our hope is not in our ability to be perfect. Our hope is in the One who already was perfect on our behalf.