Jesus Has Opened a Way of Life by Dying in Our Place
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Jesus Has Opened a Way of Life by Dying in Our Place ㅡ
“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” (Acts 17:30-31)
Justice demands that sin be not merely pardoned, but the death penalty must be executed.
God, in the gift of His only-begotten Son, met both these requirements.
By dying in man’s stead, Christ exhausted the penalty and provided a pardon.
When the mind is drawn to the cross of Calvary, Christ by imperfect sight is discerned on the shameful cross.
Why did He die? In consequence of sin. What is sin? The transgression of the law.
Then the eyes are open to see the character of sin.
The law is broken but cannot pardon the transgressor. It is our schoolmaster, condemning to punishment.
Where is the remedy? The law drives us to Christ, who was hanged upon the cross that He might be able to impart His righteousness to fallen, sinful man and thus present men to His Father in His righteous character.
Christ on the cross not only draws men to repentance toward God for the transgression of His law—for whom God pardons He first makes penitent—but Christ has satisfied Justice; He has proffered Himself as an atonement.
His gushing blood, His broken body, satisfy the claims of the broken law, and thus He bridges the gulf which sin has made.
He suffered in the flesh, that with His bruised and broken body He might cover the defenseless sinner.
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