When you die, you will stand in the throne room of God. While you are there, you will be confronted with your entire life and every little thing you have done. Every record of wrong will be presented as evidence against you to condemn you to Hell. We may have thought of ourselves as good and decent people, but in the great throne room of heaven, we will see ourselves for who we really are.
This is where Jesus comes in. For those that call upon the name of the Son of God, there is freedom and redemption. With His blood, Jesus has blotted out all of our transgression. Every record of wrong is thrown away, never to be remembered again. Even though all our "righteous deeds" are like disgusting rags before God, through Jesus we are made clean, white, and as pure as freshly fallen snow.
J.C Ryle writes: " What hope of salvation could we have if there was not a Mediator between God and man? Before the eye of the ever-present God-our best righteousness is filthy rags-and our best doings are full of imperfection!...Without Christ- the prospect of death, judgment, and eternity would drive us to despair!"
But, by His grace, God gave us someone who would always contend for us, who continues to fight on our behalf. His name is Jesus, our ever-present mediator.
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