God's Justice Continued
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Last week we gave answer #1 to the question: If God is perfectly Just how can He Justify a wicked man?
Last week we gave answer #1 to the question: If God is perfectly Just how can He Justify a wicked man?
That answer was: The being of God is Unitary!
That answer was: The being of God is Unitary!
This week we will look at answer #2: The Passion of Christ
This week we will look at answer #2: The Passion of Christ
The word Passion is a great example of how we can not read the Bible from a Western World culture context!
The word Passion is a great example of how we can not read the Bible from a Western World culture context!
In our culture when we use the word Passion, most go directly to a “sexual lust” “strong desire”
In our culture when we use the word Passion, most go directly to a “sexual lust” “strong desire”
But back in the early days of the context of scripture, Passion meant a deep, terrible suffering! This is why when we talk about “Good Friday”
But back in the early days of the context of scripture, Passion meant a deep, terrible suffering! This is why when we talk about “Good Friday”
It is refereed as “Passion Tide” and we talk about the Passion of Christ. It is the suffering Jesus did as He made His priestly offering with His own blood.
It is refereed as “Passion Tide” and we talk about the Passion of Christ. It is the suffering Jesus did as He made His priestly offering with His own blood.
Remember- Jesus is God! The attributes of God, describe the attributes of Christ! He is Unitary! Christ is Infinite, Almighty and Perfect!
Remember- Jesus is God! The attributes of God, describe the attributes of Christ! He is Unitary! Christ is Infinite, Almighty and Perfect!
INFINITE- means without bound and without limit, without any possible measure or limitation.
INFINITE- means without bound and without limit, without any possible measure or limitation.
* SO THE SUFFERING OF JESUS AND THE ATONEMENT HE MADE WAS INFINITE IN ITS POWER!
* SO THE SUFFERING OF JESUS AND THE ATONEMENT HE MADE WAS INFINITE IN ITS POWER!
ALMIGHTY- the atonement was not only infinite, but almighty!
ALMIGHTY- the atonement was not only infinite, but almighty!
It’s possible for good men to “almost” be something. BUT ALMIGHTY GOD IS NEVER “ALMOST” ANYTHING. God is always exactly what He is! The Almighty One (I am)
It’s possible for good men to “almost” be something. BUT ALMIGHTY GOD IS NEVER “ALMOST” ANYTHING. God is always exactly what He is! The Almighty One (I am)
Isaac Watts said this about Jesus’ death upon the cross, “ God the mighty Maker died for man the creature’s sin.” And when God the Almighty Maker died, all the power there is was in that atonement. You never can overstate the efficaciousness (capacity or power to produce a desired effect) of the atonement. You can never exaggerate the power of the cross!
Isaac Watts said this about Jesus’ death upon the cross, “ God the mighty Maker died for man the creature’s sin.” And when God the Almighty Maker died, all the power there is was in that atonement. You never can overstate the efficaciousness (capacity or power to produce a desired effect) of the atonement. You can never exaggerate the power of the cross!
PERFECT- the atonement was not only, infinite and almighty, it was perfect!
PERFECT- the atonement was not only, infinite and almighty, it was perfect!
The atonement in Jesus CHRIST’S BLOOD is perfect; there isn’t anything that can be added to it! It is spotless. impeccable, flawless. It is perfect as God is perfect.
The atonement in Jesus CHRIST’S BLOOD is perfect; there isn’t anything that can be added to it! It is spotless. impeccable, flawless. It is perfect as God is perfect.
So the question, “how does God spare the wicked if He is perfectly just?” Is also answered from the effect of Christ’s passion! The Holy suffering on the cross and His resurrection from the dead cancels our sins and abrogates(repeal or do away with) our sentence.......
So the question, “how does God spare the wicked if He is perfectly just?” Is also answered from the effect of Christ’s passion! The Holy suffering on the cross and His resurrection from the dead cancels our sins and abrogates(repeal or do away with) our sentence.......
HOW DID WE GET THAT SENTENCE?
HOW DID WE GET THAT SENTENCE?
We got our sentence by the application of God’s Justice to a moral situation! No matter how nice and refined and lovely you THINK you are, YOU ARE A MORAL SITUATION - YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU STILL ARE, YOU WILL BE.
We got our sentence by the application of God’s Justice to a moral situation! No matter how nice and refined and lovely you THINK you are, YOU ARE A MORAL SITUATION - YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU STILL ARE, YOU WILL BE.
So when God confronted you, God’s Justice confronted a moral situation and found you unequal, found inequity, and found iniquity......
So when God confronted you, God’s Justice confronted a moral situation and found you unequal, found inequity, and found iniquity......
Because He found iniquity there, God sentenced you to die. Everybody has been or is under the sentence of death. (Ezekiel 18:20) 20 The soul who sins shall die
Because He found iniquity there, God sentenced you to die. Everybody has been or is under the sentence of death. (Ezekiel 18:20) 20 The soul who sins shall die
* Key point- When God in His Justice sentences the sinner to die, He does not quarrel with the mercy of God; He does not quarrel with the kindness of God; He does not quarrel with His compassion or pity, for they are ALL attributes of a UNITARY GOD, and they cannot quarrel with each other! All the attributes of God concur in man’s death sentence.......
* Key point- When God in His Justice sentences the sinner to die, He does not quarrel with the mercy of God; He does not quarrel with the kindness of God; He does not quarrel with His compassion or pity, for they are ALL attributes of a UNITARY GOD, and they cannot quarrel with each other! All the attributes of God concur in man’s death sentence.......
Revelation 16:5,7
Revelation 16:5,7
The New King James Version Chapter 16
And I heard the angel of the waters saying:
“You are righteous, O Lord,
The One who is and who was and who is to be,
Because You have judged these things.
The New King James Version Chapter 16
7 And I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”
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