Scripture:

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

22 “If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God

When we read the Bible, we begin to see and even understand the parallels between the Old and New Testaments.  This morning in our God shot, we are going to catch something deep.    

Romans 6:23 tells us that all of us in our fallen nature deserve death: "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." 

And today, we find our parallel in Galatians 3:13

13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), ~Galatians 3:13

Our takeaway:

• God sent His Son to die for us
• To take our punishment, the curse for our sins on himself
• We were deserving of death, but He gave us life

To remember the sacrifice that Christ made for us, to live in the freedom that Christ died for.   To not squander its power, to live for Him.

Lord, we thank you for your immeasurable love for us, that you gave it all that we might have it all, that you set us free from sin and death by taking our curse, by giving your life, Lord let our lives be given over to you, let us live in the freedom you died for, in Jesus' name,  Amen!