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June 26
Thursday


ONE EXCEPTION

READ:
Isaiah 53:4-12
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Which of you convicts
Me of sin? And if I tell
the truth, why do you
not believe Me? He who
is of God hears God's
words. __John 8:46-47
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Are there any perfect people alive today? Not in the opinion of Harvard University psychiatrist Jerome Groopman. In his engrossing book How Doctors Think, he expresses agreement with the profound insights found in the Bible. He writes, "Everyone is flawed at some time, in thought or in deed, from Abraham to Moses to the Apostles."

But what about Jesus Christ? He challenged His listeners regarding Himself: "Which of you convicts Me of sin?" (John 8:46). The disciples' verdict after they had opportunity to scrutinize His life for at least 3 years was that He was without sin (1 Peter 2:22; I Jon 3:5).

Was Jesus a moral miracle, the one sinless Person in the whole procession of sinful humans? Yes, He was the one spotless exception to this observation of the apostle Paul: "All have sinned a fall short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23). And that word all includes both you and me!

Because all humanity has sinned, we can rejoice that Jesus was qualified__He and He alone__ to be the flawless Sacrifice we need.

We give thanks for Jesus Christ, our sinless sin-bearer__the one exceptaion! __Vernon Grounds
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Guilty, vile, and helpless, we;~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Spotless Lamb of God was He;~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Full atonement!" can it be?~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hallelujah! What a Savior! __Bliss~~~~~~~~~~~
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Only Jesus, the perfect sacrifice,
can declare guilty people perfect.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 53:4-12************

4 Surely He has borne
our griefs and carried our
sorrows; yet we esteemed
Him stricken, smiten by
God, and afflicted. 5 But
He was wounded for our
transgresions, He was
bruised for our iniquities;
the chastisement for our
peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes we are
healed. 6 All we like sheep
have gone astray; we have
turned, every one, to his
own way; and the LORD has
laid on Him the iniquity of
us all.

7 He was oppressed and
He was afflicted, yet He
opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a
sheep before its shearers
is silent, so He opened
not His mouth. 8 He was
taken from prison and from
judgment, and who will
declare His generation? For
He was cut off from the
land of the living; for the
transgressions of My people
He was stricken. 9 And
they made His grave with
the wicked__but with the
rich at His death, because
He had done no violence
nor was any deceit in His
mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the LORD
to bruise Him; He has put
Him to grief. When You
make His soul an offering
for sin, He shall see His
seed, He shall prolong His
days, and the pleasure of
the LORD shall prosper
in His hand. 11 He shall
see the labor of His soul,
and be satisfied. By His
knowledge My righteous
Servant shall justify many,
for He shall bear their
inquities. 12 Therefore I
will divide Him a portion
with the great, and He shall
divide the spoil with the
strong, because He poured
out His soul unto death,
and He was numbered with
the transgressors, and He
bore the sin of many, and
made intercession for the
transgressors.