in His humanity Christ partook of our sinful, fallen nature. If not, then He was not “made like unto His brethren,” was not “in all points tempted like as we are, ” did not over comes as we have to overcome, and is not, therefore, the complete and perfect Savior man needs and must have [...]
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Heb 2:17: Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Leave a comment
John 20:23: “Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.” Leave a comment
Unforgiven sin is retained.
II Cor 5:21: For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. Leave a comment
Said Luther: “Learn to know Christ and Him crucified. Learn to sing a new song–to despair of your works, and to cry unto Him, Lord Jesus, Thou art my righteousness, and I am Thy sin. Thou hast taken upon Thee what was mine, and given to me what was thine; what Thou was thou became, [...]
Col 2:13-14: When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. Leave a comment
The common Greek word for cancellation of a contract is chiazen, which means to write the Greek letter chi (X) across a document. Thus, the debt was crossed out. However, in Col 2, Paul uses the Greek word exaleiphein, which means to “watch over” or “wipe out.” In New Testament times, the ink used was [...]
John 19:11: Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. Leave a comment
Rom 3:23-24: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:” Leave a comment
Sinner is a perfectly good word because it speaks to the truth of our fallen states before God. We are not simply wayward, mixed up, hankering for the good life but missing it. We are born in a desperate condition of being sinful with a bent toward the same. There is no one who has [...]
II Chron 7:14: “If My people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” Leave a comment
If we obey, we are promised the blessings of God. These are promises primarily to His people, a holy nation, and not primarily to individuals, although certainly all individuals benefit when the whole of God’s people are obedient. The temple was built & dedicated when fire fell from heaven & the glory of the Lord [...]
