Subj : Today's Thought
To   : George Pope
From : Newborn
Date : Sun Oct 09 2005 22:03:00

  Re: Today's Thought
  By: George Pope to Newborn on Thu Oct 06 2005 04:38 pm

 > 
 > N>    drive to have Him exectued.  Jesus FULFILLED the Law with His Crucifix
 > N>    and Resurrection and IS the one who can meet the qualifications for be
 > N>    our Savior.
 > 
 > Which law did he fulfill?
 > The one that specifically states that no man can die for another's sins?
 > Or the one that says that EVERYBODY can receive forgiveness by praying DIREC
 > to God?
 > 
    Thee Law as stated in the Torah, not the commentary of the Rabbis from
    the Talmud.  The OT quite forthrightly states that "the wages of sin
    is death" (Ezekiel 18:20).  In the moral government of God, He has ordained
    that physical and eternal death be the just penalty for sin.  Yet God, in
    His matchless love for sinful man, has also decried the pnalty for sin can
    be born by a substitute.

    That principle is built into the OT system for sacrifice; "For the life of
    the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the alter to
    make an atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that maketh an
    atonement for the soul" (Leviticus 17:11).

    Even if any man had wanted to, he could not offer himself in payment for
    his sins, for his sins had disqualified him from being an acceptable
    sacrifice.  Consequently, the OT provided for the offering of certain
    select animals whose blood was shde vicariously for the sins of those
    who repented and trusted God revelation.

    All of the spotless, innocent animals that became sacrifices in the
    OT pointed to that great sacrifice, the one made by Jesus Christ on
    Calvery's cross.  The penalty  God imposed on sin is both just and
    and loving for God HIMSELF in the person of the Son, paid the penalty
    for ALL who will accept Him as their 'substitute'.  God the Son, clothed
    in human flesh, shed His blood for man's sin thus satisfying (fulfilling)
    every demand of the Law and Holy Justice.

Newborn

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