"IN DUE TIME CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY." By nature our hearts were at enmity against God, and in our lives we were enemies to Him by wicked works. Whatever He required we avoided doing, and whatever He prohibited we practised. Nothing could be more opposite to God than we were before called by His grace; and yet, while we were altogether sinners, Christ died for us. In dying for us in our stead, He did all that was requisite to reconcile us to God, so that when we see our state, feel our condition, and desire to be at peace with God, we have only to believe in Him, plead His death with the Father, and instantly we are honourably reconciled. All our sins are forgiven us for His sake. We are accepted of God solely on the ground of what He did and suffered. We are treated as if we had done what He did, because He did it for us, and it is imputed to us as soon as ever we come to Him in faith, place our confidence in it, and plead it before God for our acceptance. We are reconciled to God only by the death of His Son.

For Meditation:
The glorious work is done,
The firm foundation laid:
Our God hath sent His Son,
The Son His life hath paid;
Justice and mercy firmed the plan
That reconcileth sinful man.