Sand Mountain Sermonette 61
Romans 5:6
Baby Basket Transportation
“For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.”
Romans 5:6
My mom told me something in later years about my dad centering around my birth that has always touched my heart. The day my dad came to pick up my mom and me from the Albertville Clinic in order to take us home, mother told me my dad walked into the room with a basket large enough and lined to place me in. And then, with a chuckle, mom told me that attached to the basket’s handle was a note that read, “Welcome home, Louie!” [My dad did the same thing for my brother, Tony, who was born in 1961].
How simple and how profound was my father’s act of love for me that month of February in 1956! Paul tells us that at the perfect time in history [His-story], God sent His Son Jesus, to be born in a manger; born bearing all the love of the Father in flesh! The phrase Paul uses in the original language translated, at the right time, is the word meaning “in God’s time” as opposed to chronological time.
The Bible says Jesus came at the perfect time in God’s plan to die for the ungodly: to die for you and for me! Have you trusted Christ in childlike faith as the One who died and rose for you? If you have or when you do, the Bible says God receives you now and forever! The Bible also says that Jesus will never refuse the repentant sinner who invites Him into his or her heart as Savior and Lord. To that individual, God says, “Welcome, Home!”
Thank You, Father.
Pastor Louie