Posted on 10/27/2014 4:43:21 PM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy
The truth that is built into the very nature of the universe is one of sacrifice. You will find it in every culture and in every nation and among every people. The principle is this: Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin (Hebrews 9:22). The Bible takes this cultural understanding and applies it to the reality of Christ: “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). In other words, for some reason (and nobody knows why), God prepared the entire world for the understanding of the substitutionary atonement of Christ—on the cross—on our behalf.
Christ took your place. Christ took your punishment. Christ became your substitute.
The cross is a necessity.
“For while we were still weak…” (Romans 5:6).
Can we talk? I need a substitute…desperately. People are always writing me with the question, “Why do you ask God to forgive your sins in the prayer on the broadcast?” The reason I do that is twofold. First, it is a disclaimer. Some preachers say that they should never preach what they don’t live. If I did that I would have to cut out significant portions of Scripture. I wish I could tell you that I am the example of total obedience, total purity and total faith. The truth is that I’m a beggar telling other beggars where I found bread. The truth is that I place myself under the same authority you do: the authority of God’s inerrant Word in the Bible. The truth is that sometimes I am the right example…and sometimes I am not. So I ask forgiveness because I need forgiveness.
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Romans 5:6-8 "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
A great article; gets right down the central truth of the Christian faith. This is what it is all about. How thankful I am that God shed his blood for my sin.
We are all Barabbas.
I appreciate your enthusiasm in which is from the heart, but I would say that Judeo and Christian sacrifice that is being disscussed here is not share with the rest of the unsaved world or cultures or other religions.
It’s from the old testiment were there is a yearly sacrifice that the high priest took to God on the nation of Israel’s behalf.
However, even so ? The blood of bulls and goats just covered their sins, never could take them away.
So therefore ? The blood sacrifice of the spotless lamb of God Jesus Christ is the ONLY thing and only way that sins were forever once and for all that takes sins away, hence ? Hence remission of sins.
Our God, “ when I see the blood “.
Other types of “ blood sacrifices “ are from the occult demonic world, and its not for remission of sins, that’s for sure.
Killing a goat to atone for a human’s sins, is the nuttiest thing i’ve ever heard of in my life.
Here's an interesting article on that.
Good stuff. Thanks for posting.
Bookmarked.
Perhaps you would prefer using a firstborn son?
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