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Apr 4th 2009, 11:51 AM
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:note: The wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23).
The problem is that people have only one life to work with; and that one life is already ear-marked for Adam's sin.
†.Rom 5:12 . .Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned
The longer we live, the more sins we add to our record for which we must receive retribution. Your life is already ear-marked to satisfy justice for Adams' sin, so you have absolutely nothing with which to satisfy justice for additional sins that you yourself commit on your own. You're not only over-budget on sins, but your life-account is under-funded and you don't have near enough left in your account with which to pay for your own sins. So then, you desperately need a bail-out, because the cost of escaping the wrath of God is very high.
†.1Pet 1:18-19 . .For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were ransomed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
A common New Testament Greek word for save is sozo (sode'-zo); which means: to rescue and/or protect.
Rescuing is what the Coast Guard does when boats capsize. Rescuing is what Firemen do when people are trapped inside burning buildings. Rescuing is what mountaineer teams do when climbers are in trouble. Rescuing is what EMT paramedics do when someone needs to get to a hospital in a hurry; and kept alive till they arrive. Rescuing is what surgeons do when someone needs an organ transplant.
I could go on and on giving example of rescuer after rescuer; but I think you get the idea. The New Testament's Jesus is like that: he rescues people from the wrath of God— people who not only fully deserve Hell, but definitely in line to go there.
†.Mtt 20:28 . .The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
†.1Tim 2:5-6 . .For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all
Salvation is not only a rescue but also a redemption.
The New Testament Greek word for redemption is lutrosis (loo'-tro-sis); which means: a ransoming.
Webster's defines ransom as a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or some thing from captivity.
The annual animal lives that Aaron paid for his constituents sins weren't enough. Every year he had to go through Yom Kippur all over again because the Jews kept right on sinning and kept right on needing to pay more and more ransoms for their sins because the value of animal life is far too minimal. The moment Yom Kippur was over, the Jews began accumulating sins towards the next Yom Kippur.
In contrast; Jesus' life is of such infinite worth that God's son needed to offer himself as a ransom for his own constituents just the one time.
†.Heb 10:11 …Day after day every Levitical priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.
So for the people of God relying upon Jesus as their priest instead of Aaron, there is no annual day of atonement, because Jesus' one-time offering of his own life's blood was sufficient to ransom the people of God permanently— forever.
†.Heb 9:12b . .thus securing an eternal redemption.
The ransom is a donation; a gift of friendship from God's house to yours. It costs you nothing.
†.John 3:16-17 . .For God so cared for the world that He donated His only son, so that everyone who relies upon him will not perish but have eternal life. God did not send His son into the world to condemn it, but to rescue it.
C.L.I.F.F.
:note: The wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23).
The problem is that people have only one life to work with; and that one life is already ear-marked for Adam's sin.
†.Rom 5:12 . .Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned
The longer we live, the more sins we add to our record for which we must receive retribution. Your life is already ear-marked to satisfy justice for Adams' sin, so you have absolutely nothing with which to satisfy justice for additional sins that you yourself commit on your own. You're not only over-budget on sins, but your life-account is under-funded and you don't have near enough left in your account with which to pay for your own sins. So then, you desperately need a bail-out, because the cost of escaping the wrath of God is very high.
†.1Pet 1:18-19 . .For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were ransomed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
A common New Testament Greek word for save is sozo (sode'-zo); which means: to rescue and/or protect.
Rescuing is what the Coast Guard does when boats capsize. Rescuing is what Firemen do when people are trapped inside burning buildings. Rescuing is what mountaineer teams do when climbers are in trouble. Rescuing is what EMT paramedics do when someone needs to get to a hospital in a hurry; and kept alive till they arrive. Rescuing is what surgeons do when someone needs an organ transplant.
I could go on and on giving example of rescuer after rescuer; but I think you get the idea. The New Testament's Jesus is like that: he rescues people from the wrath of God— people who not only fully deserve Hell, but definitely in line to go there.
†.Mtt 20:28 . .The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
†.1Tim 2:5-6 . .For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all
Salvation is not only a rescue but also a redemption.
The New Testament Greek word for redemption is lutrosis (loo'-tro-sis); which means: a ransoming.
Webster's defines ransom as a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or some thing from captivity.
The annual animal lives that Aaron paid for his constituents sins weren't enough. Every year he had to go through Yom Kippur all over again because the Jews kept right on sinning and kept right on needing to pay more and more ransoms for their sins because the value of animal life is far too minimal. The moment Yom Kippur was over, the Jews began accumulating sins towards the next Yom Kippur.
In contrast; Jesus' life is of such infinite worth that God's son needed to offer himself as a ransom for his own constituents just the one time.
†.Heb 10:11 …Day after day every Levitical priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.
So for the people of God relying upon Jesus as their priest instead of Aaron, there is no annual day of atonement, because Jesus' one-time offering of his own life's blood was sufficient to ransom the people of God permanently— forever.
†.Heb 9:12b . .thus securing an eternal redemption.
The ransom is a donation; a gift of friendship from God's house to yours. It costs you nothing.
†.John 3:16-17 . .For God so cared for the world that He donated His only son, so that everyone who relies upon him will not perish but have eternal life. God did not send His son into the world to condemn it, but to rescue it.
C.L.I.F.F.