Reading: Romans 5:15-19
Reflective Thoughts
Calling on your representative
What was the last law or pending law that really made you angry? Chances are you considered calling your representative. His job is to represent your interests in Congress. You voted him in (or tried to vote him out). But we had another representative for which we could cast no vote. Adam enacted a bad policy-one act of disobedience. The effect generated a multitude of disobedience, offenses against the King. The cost was astronomical. It left us spiritually bankrupt, hopeless, and slaves under the rule of another.
But the King, while we were enemies, did something unexpected. He offered us another representative. This representative did one thing that affected all the acts of disobedience-it paid for every single one of them. He wiped the slate clean. There was one condition only-that we accept His payment for our debt and acknowledge Him as our representative forever in allegiance with the King. If you accepted, calling on your Representative is a daily affair and His office is always right where you are.