117. Christ Risen<\/p>\n
\u201cHe Is Risen\u201d Mat_28:6<\/p>\n
The fact Christ had been in the tomb proclaimed three things: sin\u2019s climax, love\u2019s giving, and Christ\u2019s accomplishment.<\/p>\n
1. Sin\u2019s Climax. \u201cHe was buried\u201d is the Spirit\u2019s affirmation, and is a part of the Gospel\u2019s message (1Co_15:1-4). One of the answers to the question, \u201cWhy did Christ die?\u201d is, He died to give a satisfaction for man\u2019s sin. If we eliminate the fact of sin\u2019s presence and penalty, His death has no meaning. Professor Orr declared: \u201cThe whole of Christianity is but a Divine counsel and provision for repairing the ruin of man\u2019s sin.\u201d At the Cross sin abounded to its wicked climax, for there it superabounded beyond anything it had done before, and yet there, grace did much more abound. One has well said: \u201cThe Cross is God\u2019s final treatment of sin, the one compendium work of grace, and the hinge of human destiny. Apart from sin, the Cross has no meaning. It was the exhibition of the worst in the heart of man, and the best in the heart of God.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. Love\u2019s Giving. God delivered Christ up for our offences, and raised Him on account of our justification\u2014Rom_4:25.<\/p>\n
Our beloved Lord deliberately gave up His life for us. Love alone gave Him to die for our sin. Love alone enabled Him to give Himself out in death, and love could not be satisfied with anything else.<\/p>\n
\u201cLove saw the need, and all the need has met;<\/p>\n
Love gave its best when life so rich He gave;<\/p>\n
Love spent its all when for our sins He died;<\/p>\n
Love comes in grace, and with His blood doth save.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. Work Accomplished. Christ not only died, but accomplished what no other could do in dying. Death did not come to Him in the fulfilment of His mission; it was the fulfilment of His mission. His death was no accident (Luk_23:46, R.V.). His star of destiny was His death on Calvary. Dr. Denny says of Christ\u2019s death: \u201cIt is in this the atonement lies. Christ finished it. He finished it alone. No one can do it after Him. No one needs to do it.\u201d Happy are we if we know our individual interest in Christ\u2019s death, and can say with the old Scottish woman, who was asked about her soul\u2019s salvation, \u201cThe Father and the Lord Jesus settled the matter of my salvation between them, and I got the benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
117. Christ Risen \u201cHe Is Risen\u201d Mat_28:6 The fact Christ had been in the tomb proclaimed three things: sin\u2019s climax, love\u2019s giving, and Christ\u2019s accomplishment. 1. Sin\u2019s Climax. \u201cHe was buried\u201d is the Spirit\u2019s affirmation, and is a part of the Gospel\u2019s message (1Co_15:1-4). One of the answers to the question, \u201cWhy did Christ die?\u201d … Continue reading “0120. 117. Christ Risen”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}