Jesus Understands

When I saw this picture and verse it really jumped out at me. The picture is very cool but I LOVE this verse. In many ways this one verse sums up the message of the Good News of Jesus Christ. John starts the verse with an admonition to his readers not to sin. Ideally, we should repent from sinning and follow Jesus. But in reality this cannot completely happen. We are human. We are sin, and we are sinful through and through. The Lord knows this, and loving us as he does, He sent His Son Jesus to live among us: fully human AND fully divine. He was tempted in every way that we are and yet avoided sin. And when the time came for Jesus to lay down His life to atone for our sins, he did so willingly; and now with the full experience of having lived as a man, he can relate to our failings and our circumstance. His atoning death not only justified us in the Lord, but through grace and faith we receive eternal salvation through a Mediator that understands through experience our human condition! What a wonderful God we serve!