For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
~ Romans 5:19 (NIV)
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The ripple effect is pretty amazing. I was watching a TV show where a chemical factory had caught fire in the Nevada desert. An amateur cameraman caught the video from atop a hill above it, as it burned. Then all of a sudden...BOOM! The factory exploded. It was incredible! And not only was there a big mushroom cloud above, but the shock waves from the explosion rippled along the ground at tremendous speed. A moving car was even noted in the video to have gone through the shock wave; fortunately, the car continued on and the driver was not injured.
Not so for the victims of the deadly atomic bomb drops in WWII. Talk about fall-out and ripple effect! Those not killed instantly by the sheer force of the explosion were left with the agonizing ripple effect of radiation poisoning. One bomb (actually, two) affected the many in deadly ways. Just like Adam.
Simply amazing how one act could cause so much chaos and mayhem in our lives and the world. That is the ripple effect of sin. It has devastated and decimated us and our world! How can we recover from that? We can't on our own. We're like the leveled lives in Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- laid waste by the act of the one, with no way to correct the death and poisoning.
And yet, there is One who can right the wrongs. Miraculously, Jesus is able to fix the unfixable! He can bring the spiritually dead to life and rid us of the poison of sin! That shouts a "Hallelujah" in my spirit! When He gave His life -- freely, I might add -- on the cross to pay the death penalty for our sins, He cut our chains to sin and set us free. He opened the door to new life, where right overtakes wrong.
Can you testify that you are one of those who've been through the explosion of grace from Jesus Christ? Has the act of the One, with His cleansing blood, turned your heart and mind from death to life? If so, let it be known! Become a part of the great ripple effect, sending shock waves through your family and your community, so they too can see and experience the explosion of grace -- a miraculous rebirth of their spirits. For the many, what was devastated can be restored. Through the One. Amen!
Love,
Joelene
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