The Cross is the Remedy for Our Sins.

“Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” (Hebrews 9:22) The Jews who were under the law before Christ came to earth, used the sacrificial system to cover their sins. This is partly the reason why Jesus was seen to be an enemy to the Jewish people by the elders of the Jewish people. To this day the Jewish religion is based on Torah observance, however Jesus came not to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it! (Matthew 5:17) Jesus Christ was able to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins because God credited him of keeping the law perfectly, so we would be imputed with the righteousness of Christ that he obtained from God for us. Because we are credited for Adam and Eve’s sin in the Garden of Eden, (Original Sin) the only way we could have redeemed ourselves is if we could have kept the law perfectly, which is impossible because the bible teaches us that all have sinned, and fallen short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)

The law is only a shadow of the good things to come, (Hebrews 10:1) and through Christ’s death, the New Covenant offers mankind a new and eternal way to have their sins forgiven, because Christ fulfilled the law for us, we don’t have to work to earn our own salvation, our salvation is fully accomplished by our faith in Christ’s death on the cross and his resurrection. The moment we trust in this sacrifice for our sins, Christ’s righteousness is credited or imputed to us, and we are given right standing before God called justification. The law no longer justifies us, it is now our faith that justifies us. (Romans 5:1)

When we comprehend that we have broken God’s law because we are sinners, we should and must cry out to God for His forgiveness. God is a forgiving God and He offers us mercy and grace when we call out to Him. We must call out to the Lord in faith, and in the right way, because the way back to God is through Jesus Christ, we must also acknowledge his Lordship over us and over the whole word! Romans 10:9 says, “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” When we confess Jesus as our Lord and Saviour and believe in our hearts that he was raised from the dead, at the same time believing that his death on the cross was the payment for our sins, we are saved right then and according to the word of God, will not come under God’s righteous judgment when we die. This is Mike.

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