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Glorious
Truth: Jesus
Is God.
John
1:1,14a - In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word
was God. And the
Word became flesh
and dwelt
among us…
Colossians
2:9 – For in
Him all the fullness
of Deity dwells in bodily
form.
John
5:18
– …He… was calling God His own
Father, making
Himself equal with God.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Is Immanuel
- God With
Us.
Matthew
1:23
- Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
and shall bear a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,
which translated means, God with us.
(Note:
This quotes
Isaiah
7:14
- Therefore the Lord Himself will give
you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son,
and she will call His name Immanuel.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Is The Savior.
1
John
4:14
– And we have beheld and bear witness
that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior
of the world.
Ephesians
5:23c – Jesus Himself is the Savior
of the body.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Is The Lamb
Of God.
John
1:36 - and he [John the Baptist] looked upon
Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb
of God!"
1
Peter 1:19 - (verse 18 - we are redeemed…)
…with
precious blood, as of a lamb… the
blood of Christ.
(Note:
See
Genesis 22, Exodus 12, Leviticus 1-9,16-17 for background on the
sacrificial system God set up, and the lamb's place in it.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Is Sinless,
Spotless, Without Blemish.
1
Peter 2:(21)22 - He (Jesus) committed no
sin…
1
Peter
1:19
-
…with precious blood as of a lamb unblemished
and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Hebrews
9:14
- He offered Himself without
blemish to God.
(Note:
See
also Exodus 12:5 - the sacrificial Passover lamb was to be
unblemished.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus (Offered
Himself As) The Guilt
Offering.
Leviticus
10:17b - He (God) gave (the sin offering)
to you to bear away
the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them
before the Lord.
Isaiah
53:10b – …He would render Himself as a guilt
offering… (KJV - God made His soul an offering
for sin.)
Ephesians
5:2 – Just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for
us, an offering and a sacrifice to
God as a fragrant aroma.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Bore
Our Sins On The Cross.
Isaiah
53:12b - …He
Himself bore the sin of many, and
interceded for the transgressors.
Heb
9:28
- so Christ also, having been offered
once to bear the sins of many…
1
Peter
2:24
- …He Himself bore
our sins in His body on the cross…
(Note:
See
the book of Leviticus for a better understanding
of how
the guilt and sin of the people was laid upon, or
transferred to, the sacrificial animal - so that
it bore them for them.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Is The Sacrifice
For Our Sins.
Ephesians
5:2 - and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave
Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice
to God as a fragrant aroma.
Hebrews
7:27
– who does not need daily… to offer
up sacrifices… because this
He (Jesus) did
once for all when He offered up Himself.
Hebrews
9:26b – …He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice
of Himself.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Shed
His Blood.
Mark
14:24
- And He said to them, 'This is My
blood of the covenant, which is poured
out (shed) for many.'
John
19:34
- but one of the soldiers pierced
His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood
and water.
(Note:
Hebrews 9:22b - …without the shedding of
blood there is no forgiveness.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Suffered
For Us.
Luke
22:15
- …I have earnestly desired to
eat this Passover with you before I suffer…
Luke
24:46 - …the Christ should suffer
and rise again from the dead the third day…
Hebrews
2:9 – But we do see Him Who has been made for a little while
lower than the angels, namely Jesus, because of the suffering
of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God
He might taste death for everyone.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Laid
Down His Life
For Us.
John
10:15b - …I lay down My life for
the sheep.
John
10:11
- I am the good shepherd; the good
shepherd lays down His life
for the sheep.
John
10:17
-18 - For this reason the Father
loves Me, because I lay down
My life that I may take it again. No one has taken it
away from Me, but I lay it down on My own
initiative. I have authority to lay
it down, and I have
authority to take it up again…
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Died For
Our Sins.
1
Corinthians 15:3b - …Christ died for our
sins according to the Scriptures…
1
Peter
3:18
- For Christ also died for
sins…
Isaiah
53:5a - But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He
was crushed for our iniquities…
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Died In
Our Place.
Ezekiel
18:20a - The person who sins will die…
Romans
6:23a - For the wages of sin is death…
1
Peter 2:(21)22 - Yet Jesus committed no
sin.
Isaiah
53:5a - But He was pierced through for our
transgressions, He was crushed for our
iniquities…
1
Peter 3:18b - For Christ also died…
the just for the unjust…
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Died On
A Cross.
Acts
2:23
- this Man (Jesus), delivered up by the
predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed
to a cross by the hands of godless men and put
Him to death.
Acts
5:30
- The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,
whom you had put to
death by hanging Him on a cross.
Acts
10:39b - And they also put Him to death
by hanging Him on a cross.
(Note:
See
also Matthew 27:35,40 which speak to Jesus'
crucifixion on the cross.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Died Once.
Romans
6:10a – For the death that He died, He died to sin, once
for all…
Hebrews
9:28a – so Christ also, having been offered once
to bear the sins of many…
Hebrews
10:12 – but He, having offered one
sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of
God.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Paid
Our Debt.
(Note:
On
the cross, as Jesus died, He said…)
John
19:30
– It is finished!
(PAID IN FULL!).
(Note:
The
New Testament Greek word for finished: (Strong's #5055 'teleo')
to end, complete, execute, conclude, discharge
a debt ('tetelestai')
(coming from Strong's #5056 'telos') the point aimed at as a
limit, the conclusion of an act or state, result, purpose, spec.
an impost or levy as paid. Hallelujah!)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus - The Propitiation
For Sin - He Propitiated
For Us.
(Note:
Simple
definition - propitiation: that which turns away God's wrath,
satisfies God's holy justice, pays a debt. In this case Jesus is
the propitiation.)
(Note:
Simple
definition - propitiate:
the action of propitiating, turning away wrath. In this case
Jesus does this.)
1
John 2:2a - and He (Jesus) Himself is the
propitiation for our sins…
1
John 4:10b - …He (God) loved us and sent His Son to
be the propitiation for our sins.
Hebrews
2:17 - Therefore, He (Jesus) had to be made like His brethren in
all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to
make propitiation for the sins of the people.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Purchased
Us (With His Blood).
Revelation
5:9b - …(Jesus) was slain and did
purchase for God with His blood
men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Acts
20:28b - …the
church
of
God
which He purchased with His own blood.
1
Corinthians 7:23a - You were bought
with a price…
(Note:
Purchase implies a change of master.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus - The Ransom Paid For Us.
Matthew
20:28 - …the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to
serve, and to give His life a ransom
for many.
1
Timothy 2:6a - (Jesus Christ) gave Himself
as a ransom for all…
(Note:
Spiros Zodhiates says this is the price paid for redeeming captives,
loosing them from their bonds and setting them at liberty.)
(Note:
The ransom was paid by God [Jesus] to God [the Father]).
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Redeemed Us.
Titus
2:14a - (Jesus) Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem
us…
Galatians
3:13a - Christ redeemed us from the
curse of the Law…
(Note:
Redemption gives freedom.
Theologians say it can be likened to us having been in the
'slave market of sin,' but Jesus buying us back, purchasing us
with His blood.)
(Note:
Boaz redeemed Ruth [Ruth 4] as her
Goel [kinsmen redeemer - Leviticus
25, one who buys back that which is in bondage or had become the
'property' of another]. Christ is our Goel.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Took
Away Our Sin.
John
1:29b - Behold, the Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world!
Hebrews
9:26b - …He (Jesus) has been manifested to put
away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Expiated
/ Wiped Out Our
Sins.
Isaiah
43:25 - I, even I, am the one Who wipes
out your transgressions for My own Sake…
Acts
3:19a - Repent therefore and return, that your sins
may be wiped away…
(Note:
Expiation is humanward. Christ's sacrifice wipes out a person's sin
and guilt.)
(Note:
Propitiation is Godward. Christ's sacrifice turns away God's
wrath.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Covered
/ Atoned For Our
Sins.
(Note:
Leviticus
16:15,17b - Then he [the priest] shall slaughter the goat of the
sin offering which is for the people… that he may make
atonement for himself and for his household and for all
the assembly of Israel.)
Romans
4:7 - Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven,
and whose sins have been covered.
Psalm
32:1 - How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose
sin is covered.
(Note:
The word 'atonement' is not actually used in the New Testament,
especially for the concept of covering. The KJV mistranslates 'katallage'
as atonement in Romans 5:11 but the word there actually means
reconciliation, restoration, exchange.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus' Blood Cleansed
Us.
Jeremiah
33:8a - And I will cleanse them
from all their iniquity…
1
John 1:7b - …and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses
us from all sin.
1
John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous
to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Brings Forgiveness
Of Sin.
Matthew
26:28 - …For this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured
out for many for forgiveness of
sins.
Acts
13:38
- Therefore let it be known to
you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness
of sins is proclaimed to you…
Ephesians
1:7 – In Him (Jesus) we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of our trespasses
according to the riches of His grace…
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Reconciled
Us To God.
Romans
5:10
- For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled
to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled,
we shall be saved by His life.
2
Corinthians 5:18b - …God, Who reconciled
us to Himself through Christ…
Colossians
1:22
- Yet He has now reconciled
you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you
before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach…
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Justified
Us.
Titus
3:7 - …that being justified by
His grace…
Romans
5:9 - Much more then, having now been justified
by His blood…
Romans 5:1 - Therefore having been justified
by faith…
(Note:
This is a declaration or pronouncement of acquittal, or guiltlessness.)
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Made Peace
With God For
Us.
Romans
5:1b - …we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ…
Colossians
1:20
- And through Him (Jesus) to reconcile
all things to Himself, having made peace
through the blood of His cross…
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Our Mediator-Advocate.
1
Timothy 2:5 - For there is one God, and one Mediator
also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus…
1
John 2:1b - …if anyone sins, we have an Advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous…
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus - In Whom We Have Eternal
Life.
1
John
5:11
- And the witness is this, that God has
given us eternal life, and this
life is in His Son (Jesus).
John
20:31 - …but these have been written that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may
have life in His name.
John
17:3 - And this is eternal life,
that they may know Thee, the only
true God, and Jesus Christ Whom
Thou has sent.
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Glorious
Truth: Jesus Resurrected,
Ascended To
Heaven, Coming Again.
1
Corinthians 15:4 - …and that He (Jesus) was raised
on the third day according to the Scriptures…
Acts
1:9b - …He (Jesus) was lifted
up while they were looking on, and a
cloud received Him out of their sight.
Luke
21:27
- And then they will see the Son
of Man (Jesus) coming in a
cloud with power and great glory.
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