Week 13 - Grace's Double Cure

Sin creates two kinds of problems that need to be solved by God: debt and death. When God saves us by grace, He delivers us from sin’s guilt and power. In this way, grace is a double cure in saving us from sin. The debt we’re considering here could be pictured as a colossal debt from being careless in a bad accident or having a severe and prolonged illness. Such staggering debt can be terrible, crushing the soul until it loses hope. Of course, the other most awful human tragedy is death. This is the physical death that sin brought into the world, affecting every person in some way. Death is not just a problem because of what it is, which is bad enough, but also because of the many complex and sad situations that come from it. Debt and death in this world are bad enough, but the two related spiritual issues that sin causes for every person are much worse.