– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com Closing Thoughts The death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the basis of our reconciliation to God. We are saved when we come to terms with what He did for us. We will be judged based on whether we accepted or rejected His work. Therefore,
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com Reconciliation – Christ’s Sacrifice Changes Us from Being God’s Enemies to Being God’s Friends In the previous post we considered the fact that the Christ was raised from the dead for our justification. Closely associated with the concept of justification is reconciliation. One of the baffling
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com Justification – Christ’s Sacrifice Dealt with the Sin-Consciousness Problem In the previous post we considered the fact that the Christ was the propitiation for our sins. Closely associated with the concept of propitiation is justification. The forgiveness of our sins is a great idea, but Christ’s
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com Propiation – Christ’s Sacrifice Dealt with the Sin Problem In the sacrifice of Christ, something definite and specific was done about our sins. Since creation, sin had been a haunting spectre that stood between a Holy God and sinful men. The contrast between the absolute holiness
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com The Efficacy of His Death 1 Corinthians 15 (KJ2000) 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and in which you stand; 2 By which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com The Reality of His Death (continued…) In the previous post we see Paul testifying to the Jewish King Agrippa and the Roman Governor Festus about the death and the resurrection of Jesus. In this one we consider Paul sharing a list of people who were eye-witnesses
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com We have seen that the Scriptures very clearly explain to us why it was necessary for Christ to die. The Reality of His Death Paul was chosen by our Lord to testify about Him to kings, to Gentiles and to Jews. And one day, standing before
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com The Necessity of His Death (…continued) 1. Christ needed to die because man needed to be bought back. Man needed to be redeemed. Man needed to be bought back. To redeem simply means to buy back something which originally belonged to you, or to a friend,
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com The Necessity of His Death To understand our redemption, we must understand why it was necessary. A recurring curiosity in the Body of Christ today is the Christian who does not understand why Jesus needed to die. A lack of this understanding, especially among preachers, has
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– Jide Lawal www.inyangokutinyang.com I would like us to consider an important matter. In fact, it’s so important that it was the first thing Paul preached to the Corinthians. He described it as “of first importance”, “the most important part of the message”. This matter is so important that those
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