ROMANS 5:12\u201321<\/b><\/p>\n
For as by one man\u2019s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man\u2019s obedience many will be made righteous<\/i><\/p>\n
(Rom. 5:19)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Jesus\u2019 ministry was vicarious<\/i>, which means He acted in our place. We can understand this concept in light of our relationship to the first Adam. When he sinned against God, we sinned \u201cin Adam.\u201d In the same way, when Jesus died for our sins, we died \u201cin Christ.\u201d Of course, we were not actually<\/i> in Adam, and we were not actually<\/i> in Christ on the cross. But they acted as our representatives\u2014Adam representing<\/i> all of humanity, and Christ representing<\/i> the elect of God. The Atonement of Christ, therefore, is substitutionary<\/i>. When Christ offered an atonement to satisfy the demands of God\u2019s justice, He was not offering an atonement for His own sins, but for the sins of others.<\/p>\n
This was His mission from the moment He entered the world. He came from heaven as the gift of the Father for the express purpose of working out redemption as our substitute, doing for us what we cannot possibly do for ourselves. We see this quite early in the ministry of Jesus during His meeting with John the Baptist. When John saw Jesus approach, he said, \u201cBehold! The Lamb of God.\u2026\u201d Jesus would fulfill all that was symbolized in the Old Testament sacrificial system, by which a lamb was slaughtered and offered on the altar to represent atonement for sin. The lamb was a substitute sacrifice<\/i> to satisfy the demands of God\u2019s justice.<\/p>\n
When Jesus asked John to baptize Him, the Baptist was humbled and shocked. He<\/i> baptize the perfect sacrifice? The rite of baptism symbolizes cleansing. The perfect Lamb did not need cleansing, for He was sinless. Jesus understood John\u2019s hesitation, but He simply replied, \u201c\u2026 it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.\u201d How was it fitting? Baptism was given as a rite from God to His covenant people. Jesus, before He could ever go to the cross, had to submit Himself to every detail of every law of God. This was His vicarious mission. He did not need to be cleansed but was baptized because He had to fulfill the law.<\/p>\n
Jesus\u2019 mission, from beginning to end, was to act in our place. \u201cHe was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities.\u201d Take away the substitutionary Atonement and you take away Christianity; you empty the Cross of all legitimate meaning.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Lamentations 3\u20135<\/p>\n
Hebrews 8<\/p>\n
Read carefully today\u2019s passage from Romans. How was Adam our representative head? Who chose Adam to be your representative? Do you think you would have fared any better than Adam? Can you reject the truth that you sinned \u201cin Adam\u201d and still believe that you can be righteous without being \u201cin Christ\u201d?<\/p>\n
For further study: Isa. 53 \u2022 Eph. 2:1\u20137 \u2022 Phil 2:5\u201311<\/i><\/p>\n
wednesday<\/p>\n
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