Paying For Our
Sins Was Expensive!
Just what is "sin" anyway? Sin is any thought word or deed that goes against God's will; doing what God forbids, or not doing what He commands.
Think
of how many times every day we just don't do what we know God wants us to do,
or do things we know He forbids. Then add our wrong thoughts and words. Now
multiply that times every human being ever to exist. That's a lot of sin! And
the Bible says that the payment for sin is death (Ezekiel 18:4) – not just
physical death, but eternal death; that is, complete separation from God in
hell forever. Certainly, no one wants this, including God Himself!
People wonder why the Passion of Christ was so bloody and terrible. But consider all the sin that needed to be paid for! This is why Jesus came – to make this payment on behalf of all mankind. And that is exactly what He did with His life, suffering, and death! That's why His life was so short and hard, His suffering so harsh, and His death so horrific. But now the price is paid, totally and completely. We don't have to pay it. All we have to do is believe it! And that's the point!
3 comments:
Pastor Spencer,
How do you respond to Universalism counterpoints of not wanting anybody going to hell?
They say things like 1 Tim 2:4 and "And all people will see God’s salvation " and "every knee will bow" to prove themself.
Jon R
Hi Jon,
First, I don't pay a lot of attention to universalists, since they deny the Trinity and thus are outside the pale of Biblical Christianity anyway.
But, to the passages you site - of course "everyone" will "see" God's salvation, that is, they will be witnesses as Christ takes believers to heaven. And they too will have to bow their knees and acknowledge the One True Triune God and His salvation as true. Sadly, however, it will be too late for them.
Pastor Spencer
Jon,
I like to think of "every knee will bow" this way: believers will willingly bow with joy and thanksgiving. Unbelievers will be forced to bow with "weeping and gnashing of teeth".
Scott E. Jungen
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