Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed. 1 Peter 2:24

 What’s your view of God? Many people have this thought that He punishes us when we do wrong. Many live in fear of God, thinking He will strike them down at any moment. Although this mindset might sound logical of a big and holy God, lets take a closer look.

 Today’s passage is a good reminder of what God did through His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus took on the sins of mankind, every-single-sin, and made payment of those transgressions through His death on the cross. One day 3 He rose from the dead, defeating death and sealing it away forever. Something that must be understood: as a child of God, your sins have been punished through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1

 As God sees it, your punishment has been paid in full. Your debt has been paid, you are free to live for Christ and not to live in sin any longer. Yes, you might feel the effects of wrong choices in life, but God no longer punishes people, like He did prior to Jesus’ arrival on earth to save God’s creation. I know that might be a hard to understand, but if God were still punishing people, then there would have been no need for Jesus to sacrifice His life.

 God wants you to live a blessed life through the freedom Jesus offers. Don’t continue to live in fear, but live in the freedom of Christ.