Heard a great sermon this morning regarding our ultimate substitute. In Paul's letter to the Galatians he is reaffirming the Gospel he preached because false teaching had creeped into their camp. He drives home the fact that we are saved by faith alone, not by works and that Christ died for us as our ultimate substitute. I bet your are wondering what the Hunger Games has to do with this. I've not read the books nor seen the movie, but know the overall theme. From what I gather the main point is that the main character, Katniss takes the place of her younger sister Primrose in these "Hunger Games". Now lets qualify this, she didn't just volunteer to do her choirs. This game is kill or be killed, last man standing. She saves her sisters life by possibly losing hers.
But our Lord and Savior lost his life to save us. He knew this, He knew us, and still chose to go to the cross as our substitute. Galatians 3:13- Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us--for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree" Let's rejoice and celebrate during this Easter season the fact that Jesus died for us and rose on that glorious third day, overcoming death so that we may have life.
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