to unload
ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY
PART 71
(Mark Cahill's Book)
And here it is where it all begins to fit together, God, Who demands a blood sacrifice for sin says:
"And almost all things are by the law,
purged with blood, and without shedding of blood is no remission."
(Hebrews 9:22)
Who, His Own Self bare our sins in His Own Body on the tree, that we being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness, by Whose stripes ye were healed.
For ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the Shepherd,
and Bishop of your souls.
(1st Peter 2:24-25)
We cannot and will never be able to change God's standard. Jesus is also
called the perfect sacrifice Who paid the penalty for all sin once and for all. We have to remember that God demands a perfect sacrifice. If Jesus was a sinner just like us, man and man alone, then that payment won't cut it. Many people have died on a cross, but Jesus had to be different - and He was and is.
For we have not an high priest that cannot be touched with the feeli0ng of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted, like as we are, yet without sin.
(Hebrews 4:15)
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth.
Who when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him Who judges righteously.
(1st Peter 2:22-23)
That is the difference, Jesus never sinned. Not once. Never. He was tempted as we are, but He never fell into sin. Because He always chose to do what He knew in His heart was the
right thing. He and He alone can be that perfect once-and-for-all sacrifice for all sin and for all sinners. That is how He could be The Lamb Without Blemish.
He is the perfect atonement for all of our sins to the Almighty God of this universe.
next post tomorrow 22nd January
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