50 reasons why Jesus died – Part 2/5 – Passion week!

Part 2 – to see why I am doing this check the little intro here

Check the short free e-book out \”The Passion of Jesus Christ – Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die\”

Not only did his death meet the just demands of a holy and just God, but in his righteousness we were then made righteous. And so the judge not only declared us not guilty – but then gave us an infinite amount of money to start a new life. His righteousness imparted to me!

Who can condemn those whom God has saved? – none! For by uniting with Christ ‘there is therefore now no condemnation’ (Romans 8:1). ‘Faith in Christ unites us to Christ so that his death becomes our death and his perfection becomes our perfection. Christ becomes our punishment (which we don’t have to bear) and our perfection (which we cannot perform).’*

In Christ, we no longer have to perform any ritual to make us right in the sight of the Almighty Creator. In this marvellous transaction he has given us faith and moreover given us the ability to do what we could not, to keep us faithful for eternity! In his sight we are made now Perfect. Blameless. Holy. Yet in practice we make it our aim to be ever more like Him…since we are his and he is ours.

And now in full knowledge of a clear conscience before God we serve Him and Him alone! Before we thought ourselves unworthy to know God – and rightly too – but now his blood has made us worthy and cleansed our conscience to serve!

‘He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?’ (Romans 8:32)

Based on the stupendous magnanimous gift of His Son……there is nothing He will not give us that we need to love and honour Him and to remain in His joy!

Soon He shall take all disease and pain away. All mess. All corruption that the world has fallen into will be rid and a glorious new creation with glorified bodies will emerge.

What’s more the – creme de la creme – he has provided for us eternal life! Though faith in the Son men can live and never die!

And so finally we are also then ‘delivered’ from ‘this present evil age’ (Galatians 1:4). The foolishness of the age we live in – we are loosed from it! No longer do we walk as servants of Satan but we live free in Christ to know Him and His, infinite. Superb. Splendid. Immaculate wisdom.

‘What then is the wisdom of God in this age? It is the great liberating death of Jesus Christ. The early followers of Jesus said, “We preach Christ crucified . . . the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:23-24).’***

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* a quote from page 42

*** a quote from page 59