I John 4:10

I John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. We have a big word in our verse for today: propitiation. Propitiation means the payment for a debt. For example, if you are speeding, the police officer pulls you over and gives you a ticket. Then on a certain date, you must go to court and face the charge of speeding. If the officer proves to the judge that you were, in fact, speeding, the judge finds you guilty and you are charged a fine. When you go to the court clerk, she looks at your fine and you pay the amount on the fine. And then you are cleared of the offense. you are finished – you have paid your debt. It is over. The money that you paid was the propitiation for your debt. You were guilty, but your fine has been paid. But what about the fine for sin? How can we pay for our sins? Romans 6:23 says that the wages of sin is death. We must pay for our sins with our death! But, Jesus paid for our sins with His death! He paid our debt. He paid our fine. In lawyer words: Jesus was our propitiation. Our debt before God was paid in full by Jesus Christ with His death on the cross! Hallelujah! We are free!