Imagine for a moment that someone receives an organ transplant that saves their life. Great. But then after the operation, they continue in the same lifestyle that caused their own organ to fail in the first place. Not very smart, right?

Well actually, we don’t have to imagine. George Best was a renowned Irish footballer who underwent a liver transplant in 2002, due to severe liver damage caused by alcohol abuse.

Yet despite this second chance, he resumed drinking shortly thereafter and tragically died just three years later due to multiple complications.

You don’t have to think about it too long to come to the conclusion that his continued alcohol abuse was absolutely crazy. And yet, I wonder whether sometimes we don’t do the very same thing.

1 Peter 2:24 Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you were healed.

Jesus deliberately sacrificed His life to heal us from our sin so that we would stop living for sin and live for what’s right.

Having been saved once and given a second chance at life, why would we possibly want to fall back into sin? Do we really want to do a George Best and play Russian roulette with our eternity?

As Charles Spurgeon put it, “Sin slew our Saviour; how can we be on friendly terms with it?”

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what’s right. By his wounds you were healed.

That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.