Deep Blood Red

The gospel is a beautifully eerie story. It's beautiful because God, the creator of the universe, out of his own goodness and grace, reaches out to save those who will put their trust in him, a people that deserves death as a reward for their innate and irreversible heart of rebellion. And it's eerie because that death was instead given to his son, whom they killed.

Imagine that you could be forgiven for every bad thing you have done and will do in your life by being covered from head to toe in the blood of the innocent person that you wrongfully murdered. Now imagine that person being God himself. That would be the gospel of Jesus Christ. From the gospel, all self-righteousness dies. From the gospel, all bragging rights die.

"That's why deep blood red is all I see. Deep blood red, is what I wanna be. Oh how I'd shine! Oh how proud I'd be if when you saw me, you would see, Deep Blood Red..."

Only God could take something so sinful and make it beautiful.