STEP 3: SATISFACTION
(PROPITIATION)
CHRIST’S DEATH PAID IN FULL FOR OUR SINS, THEREBY
SATISFYING GOD’S ANGER AND JUSTICE.
Since Jesus died in our place for our
sins, God’s justice was satisfied. Jesus paid for all man’s sins, so any man
who chooses to accept that payment will never have to experience the eternal
wrath of God which must come upon all man’s sins.
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise
Him; He has put Him to grief. When thou
[God the Father] shall make His
[Jesus’] soul an offering for sin
. . . He shall see the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied.
Isaiah 53:10-11
When Jesus therefore received the
vinegar, He said, "It is finished," and He bowed his head and gave up His
Spirit.
John 19:30
The phrase "It is finished" was
actually an expression used in Rome in the time of Christ when a debt had
been paid in full (Kittel, vol. VIII, pp. 57, 60). When Jesus shouted this
just before He died, He was indicating that He had made a perfect, complete
and final payment for sin. (Also see Colossians 2:13-14).
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THUS, JESUS HAS TORN DOWN THE BARRIER
BETWEEN GOD AND MAN BY PAYING FOR OUR SINS THROUGH HIS OWN DEATH ON THE
CROSS.
How can Jesus’ death be so valuable
that it can pay not only for all of your sins, but for all the sins of all
men of all ages?
It is because . . .
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