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God is Transcendent
Gos is Immanent
God’s word is Indicative
God’s word is imperative
I want to deal with a few more concepts about God:
A book by Brian Hedges “Christ Formed In You” is a great resource as we unpack more about God and who He is.
Let’s deal with the Gospel
Gospel means “good news.” Central to the life-transforming good news of the gospel are the crucifixion, burial, resurrection of Jesus.
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
The cross is central in the apostolic proclamation of the gospel.
Jesus did not die for his own sins, for he had none.
He had committed no crime
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
The cross was more than just the execution of a Jewish prophet
It was a substitution. Jesus died in our place.
What did the cross achieve?
#1 Propitiation
A divine transaction between the Father and the Son took place on the cross
The Father laid the sins of unrighteous people on His son and punished those sins with all the fury of his omnipotent wrath.
When Jesus died, He completely appeased that wrath.
This is what Scripture and theologians call propitiation.
propitiation n. — the means of appeasing wrath and gaining the good will of an offended person; especially with respect to sacrifices for appeasing angered deities.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
advocate (legal) n. — a person who acts as a spokesperson or representative of someone else’s policy, purpose, or cause; especially before a judge in a court of law.
Example of Jesus being an advocate
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
#2 Ransom and Redemption
Scripture also uses the language of ransom and redemption. These ideas come from the first-century marketplace where slaves were bought and sold.
The also recall the Exodus story, when God redeemed the nation of Isreal from captivity in Egypt.
For New Testament writer, our Egypt is the bondage of sin and the curse of the law. Christ, in taking our place, has paid our ransom and set us free
For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
The price for our ransom was the death of Christ.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
ransom (payment) n. — what is given in exchange (as payment) for the release of someone held captive.
#3 Rescue
Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—
who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
What is the present evil age?
The present age is marked by evil, corruption, and death: the consequences of human rebellion against the Creator.
Present age vs. Age to come
Age to come is defined by righteousness, wholeness, and life.
Christ’s death delivers us from the present world order, marked by sin and its consequences and brings believers into the coming world order, the new and final creation, marked by eschatological life in all its fullness.
Eschatological: relating to death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
Delivered to rescue v. — to free from harm or evil, and in some cases from imprisonment.
to transfer (move) v. — to move (something) from one place or sphere to another.
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
#4 Reconciliation
Sin created a breach between us and God.
The once peaceful relationship is now marked by hostility and hatred.
The cross brings reconciliation and restores us to God.
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
weak (morally) adjs. — wanting in moral strength, courage, or will.
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Look at the contrast!
Justified: to be justified v. — to be or become judicially vindicated as having complied with the requirements of the law (of God).
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
to be reconciled v. — to be or become restored to favorable or friendly relations with another after a presumed wronged.
God sent Jesus to take our place, resulting in a restored relationship characterized by peace, harmony, and mutual love.
Where once there was enmity, now there is grace and friendship.
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.