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Jesus is our substitute for having to pay a penalty for having missed God’s goal.

  • Jesus tasted death for us so we can have eternal life.
  • Jesus died in my place and defeated death entirely.
  • Now that is some amazingly great news.

Do I really get that deep down in my heart and soul? Jesus paid a ransom for having missed God’s goal for my life. Jesus died for me! Now that is stunning.

Jesus died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

2 Corinthians 5:15

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  • Jesus died for me. Having done so, my obligation is quit living for myself. Jesus is my Master. I am His slave.
  • “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” | John 10:11

Atonement — The Purpose of Jesus the Messiah’s death on Behalf of Others.

In the old agreement (aka covenant or testament), animals were sacrificed to atone for missing God’s goal (aka sin). Jesus, the perfect Son of God, has once and for all paid the price for all of us by shedding His blood. That is why Jesus came.

  • “And not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” | Hebrews 9:12–14
    • What I discover as I study the Scriptures is a rich and multifaceted picture of the atonement as the Bible puts forth many interrelated truths concerning the redemption that the Messiah has accomplished.
    • Another contributing factor to the many different theories of the atonement is that much of what we can learn about the atonement needs to be understood from the experience and perspective of God’s people under the Old Covenant sacrificial system.
  • “But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.“ | Hebrews 2:9
    • The dictionary definition of atonement is satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury or making amends. Jesus has paid the price for my missing God’s goal (sin). Jesus made atonement for me.
    • In dying for my sins, Jesus the Messiah fulfilled and replaced the old covenant (aka agreement or testament) sacrificial system, so that when I believe in him, I am restored to fellowship with God. The Messiah Jesus is the true high priest, who finally liberates his people from the guilt of missing God’s goal (sin), by offering himself as the supreme sacrifice.

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