What Christ did for us at the cross
Welcome back to my blog. Last week we began discussing the chronological events of salvation. Although we make salvation efficacious to ourselves by a onetime belief in Christ’s forgiveness on the cross by faith, the marvelous story of salvation begins before all time and ends at Christ’s final glorious return.
Last week we recounted the events leading up to our decision to believe In Christ’s saving work at the cross. These were in rough order:
· Christ choosing us to salvation before all time
· The Holy Spirit convicting us of sin, righteousness and judgment
· God dragging us to himself
Please see last week's blog for details at https://teleiosresearch.com/our-wonderful-salvation-how-did-it-all-begin/.
Today we consider Christ’s work on the cross to provide salvation. This work was made efficacious to us upon our belief.
Christs sacrificial work on the cross
Scripture describes four key components of Christ’s gracious actions on the cross bringing us eternal life through His death:
§ Propitiation – Christ’s sacrifice was a full and sufficient payment for our sins to God (Romans 3:25; 1 John 2:2).
§ Reconciliation – Christ’s sacrifice ended the hatred between man and God because of our sins. Our holy God cannot be in the presence of sin. Our sins, being forgiven through Christ, changed our status before God as we are now innocent and without sin. This allowed peace between parties and healed (reconciled) the relationship between God and man. (Romans 5:10-11; Colossians 1:20-21: Ephesians 2:16-19).
§ Redemption – Christ’s death purchased us from sin for which we owed a payment of death (Romans 3:23-26;Ephesians 1:7).
§ Substitution – Christ died in our place, taking the punishment we deserved, that we could obtain eternal life (Mark 10:45; 1 Peter 3:18).
These four vital biblical concepts describe Christ gracious work on the cross to forgive our sins, and correct our relationship with God, that we might be saved.
What then must we do to be saved?
How then does someone make Christ’s actions on the cross efficacious for themselves?
Here is an easy to learn gospel message (how to become a Christian based on Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 3:23-26,Romans 10:9):
· Each person has sinned (done actions contrary to God’s righteous character).
· We each deserve judgment and punishment from a perfect and just God.
· However, God being loving, sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins to take the punishment that we deserved.
· Consequently, by acknowledging through faith the forgiveness that Christ provided by His death, and new life through His resurrection, we gain eternal life!
God did all the work to provide salvation and no credit is given to us. It is a gift with all glory and praise to God. Wow what a great promise!
To summarize, to this point in our salvation journey we have seen that God chooses us, the Holy Spirit convicts us and God drags us to himself to the point of being saved. Then on our belief, salvation became efficacious to us based on Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross and His mighty resurrection.
In gratitude and praise we owe Him our service and praise until we go home to be with Him. Thanks be to God for such a great salvation and for eternal life.
Please join us next time as we discuss what happened to us as a result of the cross. It's exciting stuff so don't miss it!
William C. Stewart, MD
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