Sunday evening with less than a second on the play clock Khalil Edney hurled an impossible 55 foot swish basketball shot to win the game. That was amazing. But something much more amazing then took place. Fellow students from his school ran onto the court yelling, “We won.” What an interesting use of the word “we.” For the duration of the game they were in the bleachers.
My first reaction is, “No you did not win.” Khalil Edney won. Then I remembered Romans 8:37. “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” Paul was not hesitant to use “we” when speaking of Christ’s victory. We are included in the glorious victory. The Father is so anxious to give to us He even makes us joint heirs with Jesus. With all this inclusiveness one might think we would someday forget who it was who won and think we saved ourselves. However, there is no need to fear. Revelation 5:13 says, “I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: ‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, forever and ever!’”
We could never forget because every time we see Jesus we will see that the sacrifice was not for 33 years but was eternal. Paul wrote to Timothy, “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” 1 Tim. 2:5. Note the present tense. This never-ending mystery will fill our minds with wonder when we assemble for praise services. There He will be. God and man – wonder of wonders.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 5, 2013
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