Bible Society of South Africa

Eternal Wisdom – Day 10

Christ is God’s greatest gift to mankind - Part 2
- Christ takes the punishment for our sins
- God passes judgement of sin through Christ

Bible text(s)

8But God has shown us how much he loves us — it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!

Romans 5:8GNBOpen in Bible reader

23For sin pays its wage — death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23GNBOpen in Bible reader

18For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

1 Peter 3:18GNBOpen in Bible reader

17and ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to give you the Spirit, who will make you wise and reveal God to you, so that you will know him.

Ephesians 1:17GNBOpen in Bible reader

22But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence.

Colossians 1:22GNBOpen in Bible reader

9For we know that Christ has been raised from death and will never die again — death will no longer rule over him. 10And so, because he died, sin has no power over him; and now he lives his life in fellowship with God. 11In the same way you are to think of yourselves as dead, so far as sin is concerned, but living in fellowship with God through Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:9-11GNBOpen in Bible reader

11If the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from death, lives in you, then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of his Spirit in you.

Romans 8:11GNBOpen in Bible reader

14God raised the Lord from death, and he will also raise us by his power.

1 Corinthians 6:14GNBOpen in Bible reader

3I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures; 4that he was buried and that he was raised to life three days later, as written in the Scriptures;

1 Corinthians 15:3-4GNBOpen in Bible reader

31For he has fixed a day in which he will judge the whole world with justice by means of a man he has chosen. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising that man from death!”

Acts 17:31GNBOpen in Bible reader

22Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

27And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man. 28Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice 29and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.

John 5:27-29GNBOpen in Bible reader

God cannot tolerate wrong-doing because he himself is without blemish. Sin must be punished but God loved us so much, he sent his Son to take the blame for our sins.

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