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4 Who [ho] gave [didomi] himself [heautou] for [huper] our [hemon] sins, [hamartia] that [hopos] he might deliver [exaireo] us [hemas] from [ek] this present [enistemi] evil [poneros] world, [aion] according [kata] to the will [thelema] of God [theos] and [kai] our [hemon] Father: [pater]KJV-Interlinear
4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, NASB Here we have some very technical terminology, even though it does not seem as such on the surface. But here we are taught that Jesus Christ gave Himself for us, so that we might be saved. He gave Himself, does not mean that he simply walked up and surrendered, but here the meaning is that He rushed into the situation. The best example of this would be a soldier who throws himself onto a grenade in order to save everyone else from the blast. A grenade will detonate fairly quickly. You have to make a quick decision, an almost instant decision, and then follow though quickly. This does not make the person a fool or suicidal, but in fact makes him a hero in his selfless action for the safety of others. And Jesus, rushed into this situation. He was not a sinner, never was a sinner and did not become a sinner. Jesus Christ was perfect throughout the entire ordeal of the crucifixion. Christ is God. As God He is not capable of sinning, and capable of not sinning. In His sacrifice, He did what the divine plan called for, in order to save many. He could have stepped aside and did nothing, but then none of us would be here now. In eternity past, the Trinity laid out a plan, for history. In that plan it was obvious that created beings would sin, sooner or later. If there was an option whereby created beings would never sin as a result of their free will options, then that plan would have been selected, obviously. But God created not robots, but free thinking beings. First there were angels and next there was humanity, and in every case, all sinned and came up way short of perfection. What was next needed was a plan to save as many as possible, and that is the unfolding of history in accordance with Gods divine plan. The Father is credited for authoring the plan. Jesus Christ is credited with executing the plan. And the Holy Spirit is credited with sustaining and revealing the plan. Being in accordance with the will of the Father, simply means that everything that Christ did, was in accordance with the divine plan that was established in eternity past. The purpose of the divine plan, was to save or to deliver us from this present evil. The present evil is the ultimate evil, which is eternal separation from God. God is life and truth, and to be separated from life and truth, is to reside in oblivion which we call the Lake of Fire. So, Christ rushed, without hesitation, into this plan. He followed the divine plan to the letter. He did not sin, did not fail in any way, and while in the process of the ultimate sacrifice on the Cross, all of the sins of humanity were poured out on Him. This did not make Him a sinner, but made Him the recipient of our sins, for the purpose of paying the price for sins, in order to purchase us out of the bondage or the hold, that sin had on us. This price paid, now means that no human being will ever be condemned to the Lake of Fire, because of sins. But people must accept the work of Christ, or presume that they can get into heaven by means of their own effort. Human effort is called human works, and there were no human works in the sacrificial process of the Cross. There was only the work of Christ. Human works is arrogance based, and Christ's work is divine based. So, no human arrogance based works is included in salvation. The Lake of Fire will be filled with those who reject the work of Christ, in preference for their own work. Human works is simply man trying to satisfy Gods will, by means of mans effort, ideas, human design, sincerity, and so forth.
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
