Job 10

“Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as humans see? Are Your days like the days of mortals? Are Your years like human years, that You have to seek my guilt and search-out my sin? You know that I won’t be condemned, yet no one can rescue me from Your power. Your own hands shaped me, they made me; so why do You turn to destroy me? Please remember that You made me, like clay; will You return me to dust?” Job 10:4-9 (CJB)

God knows how it feels to have “eyes of flesh” and to “see as humans see.” Not only did He create humanity, but He also chose to redeem the World as a human.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning. All things came to be through Him, and without Him nothing made had being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.” John 1:1-4 (CJB)

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 (NKJV)

Jesus, the “God-man,” came into this World as a man - fully God, yet fully man - to seek and save the sinner.

“For while we were still helpless, at the right time, the Messiah died on behalf of ungodly people. Now it is a rare event when someone gives up his life even for the sake of somebody righteous, although possibly, for a truly good person one might have the courage to die. But God demonstrated His own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners.” Romans 5:6-8 (CJB)

So, exactly, who is a “sinner”?  Everyone is a sinner.

“…for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God…” Romans 3:23 (NKJV)

“As it is written, there is no one righteous, no, not one,” Romans 3:10 (NKJV)

As the man, Jesus, God can truly empathize with our human condition. But more importantly, Jesus came to save us. His salvation is not some uncertain Heavenly event set aside for the dead.  Salvation is sudden, and it is certain. Alongside the promise of Heaven, Jesus came to give us abundant life here on earth. The knowledge of His reconciliation gives us the peace to endure all manners of hardship. This kind of peace seems foolish to those who consider themselves wise in this World!  

“Therefore, since we have now come to be considered righteous by means of His bloody sacrificial death, how much more will we be delivered by His life, now that we are reconciled! And not only will we be delivered in the future, but we are boasting about God right now, because He has acted through our Lord Jesus the Messiah through whom we have already received reconciliation.” Romans 5:9-11 (CJB)