Friday, February 12, 2021

The "Twofold Character" Mission of the Christ

 The soul that sinneth it shall die. Ezekiel 18:4
 
"....when the Savior 
---took upon himself our nature
---and came to fulfill the law of his Father, 
that law not only 
---demanded perfect obedience
---but it also justly demanded the death of our race
for all were its transgressors. 
 
The work of the Savior, therefore, in fulfilling the law of his Father, was of a twofold character.  
---He must first render perfect obedience to all its precepts, 
---and then offer up his own life as a ransom for guilty man. 
 
To fulfill the law as the Messiah, Christ must perform all this. 
Did he thus do? 
He kept his Father’s commandments. John15:10.  
In him there was no transgression of the law. 1John3:4,5
He was the Lamb of God without spot. 1Pet.1:19 

And this was not all; he took upon himself the sin of the world. Isa.3:6; John1:29
He bore our sin in his own body upon the tree. 1Pet.2:24
He died the just for the unjust, giving his own life a ransom for many. 1Pet.3:18; Matt.20:28
God can now be just, and yet justify him that believeth in Jesus. Rom.3:25,26
Thus  
Christ lived our example 
and  
died our sacrifice."
J.N. Andrews