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    Our view of the cross ...

    ‘So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer’ (2 Cor.5:16, NIV). How the world sees us and judges us is different to the way God sees us and judges us. There is a worldly point of view, and there is a godly point of...
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    'Penal Substitution', anyone?

    What kind of judge would knowingly sentence an innocent person to death? It is only the law of the unmerciful that immutably applies punishment for every crime. If a person truly repents, he should be forgiven. This is the Law of God (Luke 17:4; Mat.6:14-15). To punish Jesus in our place would...
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    In the beginning ...

    In the beginning … Let us be clear, the Bible does not assert that the Earth or life on this planet was created 6,000 years ago (as many have presumed). It does not even teach against evolution. For, although ‘creation’ is certainly taught, how God created is not explained. Creation through...
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    The Message

    Any action that makes amends for past misdeeds and in so doing makes reconciliation possible is an act of ‘atonement’. In terms of man’s relationship with God, sin has brought separation. Mankind needs to be restored – made ‘at-one’ with Him. However, there is a problem. On our own, we are...
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    'He bore the sin of many' (Isa. 53:12, NKJ)

    Isaiah chapter 53 contains prophetic statements about Christ's crucifixion and atonement. In verse 12 we read: 'He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors' (NKJ). From the cross itself He...
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    'When He cried to Him, He heard' (Ps.22:24, NKJ)

    (This post addresses what I believe to be a common misconception and I do not infer that any of the views that I criticise are held by anyone at this forum.) Our Lord's abandonment to suffer at the cross was physical, not spiritual: 'For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of...
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    Did the bronze serpent typify Christ?

    ‘As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness’ … (John 3:14, NKJ). - Does this passage allude to our Saviour on the cross as the serpent? We read in the book of Revelation: 'So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world'...
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    Jesus made "sin" - from whose point of view?

    Corinthians 5:21 presents an antithesis: God made Jesus 'sin' that we might become 'the righteousness of God' in Him. Doesn't this show that the 'sin' of mankind became imputed to Christ at the cross? There is an antithesis in this verse, but one that can easily be misinterpreted if we do not...
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    ‘For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do,’ Rom 8:3.

    What could God do that the law could not do? The law could not make man righteous. It condemns man because of sin. What did God do through Jesus Christ? He made man righteous through Jesus Christ and so condemned sin – made sin powerless. How did Jesus accomplish this? He achieved this by living...
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    Moral intuition v the authority of God’s word

    R.L. Dabney, the famous Presbyterian theologian of the 19th century, quoted opponents of Penal Substitution as saying: ‘… just government, human or divine, cannot transfer one man's guilt to another who is innocent, under any possible conditions, because punishment loses its moral significance...
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    'Penal Substitution' anyone? Join the debate

    I have posted in Apologetics because many feel that this theory should be defended as a fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith. I hope you will find time to visit and give your contribution. It should promise to be a lively discussion. Blessings!
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    Witnessing for Christ: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

    Let us think, for a moment, what it means to be His witnesses. The Lord was put on trial; false witnesses were called upon to testify that He was truly guilty of crimes against God. On the basis of these accusations, Jesus was put to death. The Father called Him 'My Righteous Servant' (Is...
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    Could God have done that which is not good? (Prov.17:26)

    It is written: 'It is not good to punish an innocent man' (Prov.17:26). Could God have punished an innocent Man? If the argument is that God made Jesus guilty for our sins, then we have another problem to reconcile: It is written, 'The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt...
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    Greetings from Jerusalem!

    I hope to have many rewarding discussions with you about the cross of Christ and the biblical revelation of the atonement. To God be the glory! Jerusalem
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