WHAT HAPPEN TO YOU AT THE CROSS
Sometimes we treat the cross as it was a thought that came after man
was created. God knew the need because man would be
made with the ability to think reason and make decisions.
At some point in man's life, he would corrupt himself and
need redemption.
The cross was God's sovereign plan in eternity past
I can imagine a counsel meeting between God the Father
God The Son and God the Holy Spirit
He decided to create a world to manifest His Love,
Man would be the centerpiece of His creation, and the object
of His Love, He created man in His image and likeness.
Angles were created first to sing praises and glorify the
Holy Trinity. One angel, Lucifer, cherub would be left
to his own devices to corrupt himself through pride. The
trinity cast him from the heavens
Lucifer would be allowed to corrupt man and thus the need
for a cross to reconcile man back to God.
God gave laws for man to live by to maintain fellowship with
Him. Starting in the Garden of Eden, God gave Adam
one command which he did not keep because he allowed himself
to be influenced by Lucifer. Lucifer became known as Satan
the father of all lies. The sin of Adam separated him from God
and thus the need for a Savior.
From one man Adam, came all mankind. God grew Israel
into a nation under 400 years of slavery. On Mount Sinai
He Gave Moses His commandments and established the Levite
tribe as His worship team. He designs the movable tabernacle
as the place of worship.
The Tabernacle was the place where animals were
religiously sacrificed for the temporal atonement of sins.
This was just a symbol of Jesus' death on the cross, a one-time sacrifice
for the sins of the entire world, past, present, and future. On the cross
Jesus' death became a substitute for all those who faithfully followed
the law given to Moses before His birth and all those who put their
trust in Him after His death and resurrection.
Jesus' death and resurrection is the foundation of our faith.
Man after Adam was born in sin and shaped in iniquity, The only
way back to God is through faith in the cross, which is Christ Jesus.
The way back is simple, confess with your mouth and believe in your
heart, Jesus as Lord and Savior. That is the surface, Since any man
in Christ is a new creation several things happen in our transformation.
These things happen to each believer who is the building block of
body of Christ.
1. Believers are regenerated
1 Peter 1:3-4
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great
mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never
perish, spoil, or fade — kept in heaven for you.
2. Jesus became our death
He took our place on the cross. In our baptism, we died with Christ,
Romans 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his love for us in this: While we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.
3. Jesus became our resurrection.
We were raised in the newness of life in Jesus
Ephesians 2:6-7
6 And God raised us with Christ and seated us with him in the
heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
4. Jesus became our justification
Romans 5:18
18 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for
all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification
that brings life for all men
5. Jesus made possible our reconciliation with the Father
Romans 5:11
11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
6. Jesus is the atonement of our sins
Hebrews 2:17
For this reason, he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order
that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to
God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
7 Jesus became our satisfaction
Luke 6:21
21 Blessed are you who hunger now,
you will be satisfied.
8. Jesus is our freedom from sin
Hebrews 2:17
For this reason, he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order
that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God,
and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
John 8:31-32
"If you hold to my teaching, you are my disciples. 32 Then you will
know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
9. Jesus is our strength
Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
10. Jesus made forgiveness from the Father available
Ephesians 1:7-8
In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
with the riches of God's grace 8 that he lavished on us with all wisdom
and understanding
11. Jesus is our High Priest
Hebrews 9:11-13
When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here,
he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-
made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by
means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy
The place once and for all by his blood, having obtained eternal redemption.
12. Jesus is our eternal love
John 3:16-17
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
13. Jesus became our intercessor
Hebrews 7:25
25 Therefore he can save completely those who come to God
through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
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