Proverbs 17:15 says “The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent –
both of them are an abomination to the Lord.”
God is just and he cares about justice. The person who condemns those who haven’t done anything wrong is an abomination (detestable) to the Lord. Furthermore those who let the guilty go free are just as bad. God is a just God who values Justice.
How then can we find grace with God? God is just and if God is just then we know that we deserve punishment. 2 Corinthians 5:21 gives the answer: “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” God punished Jesus in our place. He became sin for us, he took our place. God is a just God and some one had to be punished, but He made away through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, showing both Justice and grace.
Showing posts with label Gospel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gospel. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Acts 3: The Gospel Displayed
Peter and John healed a man in the name of Jesus. They used this miraculous occurrence as an opportunity to proclaim the truth of the Gospel.
I want you to see that all of the parts of the Gospel are in this passage. Paul is very specific; he tells them that they killed Jesus. Peter also says that God raised Jesus from the dead. In verses 18-19 Peter says, “But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out.”
Peter defends his statements using the Old Testament, showing that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament. He then calls for the people to repent (turn from their sin and turn to Jesus). If they do this their sin will be forgiven; their sin will be blotted out.
Peter says this to the people responsible for the death of Jesus. How great is the grace and mercy of God that even those people were offered forgiveness!
I want you to see that all of the parts of the Gospel are in this passage. Paul is very specific; he tells them that they killed Jesus. Peter also says that God raised Jesus from the dead. In verses 18-19 Peter says, “But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out.”
Peter defends his statements using the Old Testament, showing that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament. He then calls for the people to repent (turn from their sin and turn to Jesus). If they do this their sin will be forgiven; their sin will be blotted out.
Peter says this to the people responsible for the death of Jesus. How great is the grace and mercy of God that even those people were offered forgiveness!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
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