{"id":168,"date":"2008-12-21T14:20:40","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T19:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/blogpastor\/2008\/what-does-the-bible-say-is-the-purpose-of-a-savior\/"},"modified":"2019-12-21T20:15:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T00:15:17","slug":"what-does-the-bible-say-is-the-purpose-of-a-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/2008\/what-does-the-bible-say-is-the-purpose-of-a-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the Bible say is the purpose of a Savior?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cGod was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them\u2026for He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.\u201d 2\u00a0Corinthians\u00a05:19, 21<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More familiar are the words of John\u00a03:16, \u201cFor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.\u201d The casual reader may not be familiar with the reason we need a savior. He does not know why he will perish without a savior, but he is pretty sure he doesn\u2019t want to perish, and the everlasting life part sounds pretty good.<\/p>\n

The text before us beautifully details the purpose of God in His mighty work of redemption. It answers the why, how, and what of the gift of His Son. The divine gift of the Savior for mankind is the only authentic provision of peace and goodwill among men. Man\u2019s estrangement from one another is because he is estranged from God. The price for estrangement from God is eternal death. \u201cExhibit A\u201d that eternal death awaits every man is his sin nature which leads to his acts of sin.<\/p>\n

My debt<\/strong> under the holy law of God\u2014Our text identifies these acts as trespasses. Generally speaking, trespasses are an encroachment upon, and a violation of, the boundaries God has set for righteous behavior. These acts are called sin in Scripture. Any and every trespass against God\u2019s holy law brings with it the verdict of \u201cguilty\u201d in God\u2019s courtroom of justice. The declaration of guilt requires the payment of a penalty. \u201cThe wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord\u201d (Romans\u00a06:23). Sin, guilt, penalty\u2014the natural flow of life without Christ, and all sins, without exception, recorded in the courts of Heaven.<\/p>\n

His declaration<\/strong> which satisfies my debt\u2014Our text explains how God could satisfy His wrath toward our trespasses, a wrath we justly deserve. The doctrines of imputation and substitution are illustrated. God declared His Son to be sin (imputed our sin to the account of His perfect Son). God treated as sin the One who knew no sin so that He can treat those sinners who trust in His Son\u2019s redemptive work as if they had never sinned. Jesus becomes the substitute (for us) who takes upon Himself the sin of His own (born-again believers). Jesus had no \u201cpersonal acquaintance\u201d with sin yet Jesus paid our sin debt in full upon the cross of Calvary. Therefore, the righteous standing of God\u2019s Son is permitted to be imputed on the believer\u2019s record in the courts of Heaven (i.e., \u201cthe righteousness of God in Him\u201d of verse\u00a021).<\/p>\n

The design <\/strong>of God in His work\u2014Our text tells us of the grace of God; He provides reconciliation for sinners who have been forgiven through faith in the substitutionary death of His Son. It is a change in the believer\u2019s state. He was estranged from his Creator, now he is at peace with his Maker and he is a beneficiary of the goodwill of God. Real peace only comes to those who are subject to God\u2019s good will and pleasure. Sin, guilt, and penalty cannot produce peace with a just God. Jesus satisfied the just demands of the offended law, suffering as the Just for the unjust, until the wrath of God was exhausted. Peace is established through this Gift of Grace.<\/p>\n

Are you painfully aware of the personal cost to Jesus for the sins you have chosen and choose to commit? Do you adequately value the state of peace that exists between your soul and God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ? Are you seeking to carry the ministry of reconciliation to the lost around you? Trust and obey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cGod was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them\u2026for He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.\u201d 2\u00a0Corinthians\u00a05:19, 21 More familiar are the words of John\u00a03:16, \u201cFor God so loved the world that He gave […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/blogpastor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}