Substitution

"The concept of substitution may be said, then, to lie at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man.

Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be. Man claims prerogatives which belong to God alone; God accepts penalties which belong to man alone"

From The Cross of Christ by Jon Stott.

It's serious stuff when I read this. We always think of our rights, think it's a very self-centered mindset, but at the end if we wanna talk about rights it is only God who who can claim that.

Pray that I will always remember God's love, the Great substitute He send for us.