Helpful Scriptures
John
6:37-39
John
10:11-15
John
10:27-30
Matthew 1:21
Hebrews 10:7-17
Ephesians 5:1-2
Isaiah
53:10-12
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Jesus Christ came into the world to do the will of
His Father. We are told in Scripture that the will of the Father was
to give to His Son a great multitude of people, and that His Son would
die for and redeem those whom God loved without the loss of one. The
Bible makes it clear – Jesus Christ would save His people from their
sins.
God’s justice demanded an acceptable sacrifice for sins. This
sacrifice had to be by blood, and it had to be perfect and pure. Jesus
Christ, God’s own Son, came into the world to die and make that
sacrifice. Contrary to what is often taught in the world of
Christianity, Jesus did not offer, nor does he now offer, himself to
man. The sacrifice that Jesus made was an offering to God. God was the
One offended, and to Him alone was this offering made. The offering of
the life of Jesus was accepted by the Father. The blood of His only
begotten Son redeemed us from our sins. The penalty for sin, the wrath
of God, was satisfied forever through this one offering. As Jesus gave
up the ghost, as He was dying on the cross, He said “It is finished”,
and His purpose was fulfilled. God demonstrated his satisfaction with
the offering, and His acceptance of the sacrifice by raising Jesus
from the dead, who now sits on the right hand of God making
intercession for us.
Yes, Christ finished the work He came into the world to do. Every one
for whom Christ died will live with Him in Heaven one day. The fact
that you see your need of a Savior and the need to repent, that you
feel a desire to follow Him and trust Him, is the evidence you have
been born again, that He died for you, and He is your Savior.
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