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Thursday, 06 April 2006
Article Index
Why God Became A Man
The Real Jesus
A Problem-Solving Savior
Jesus Our Substitute
The Person and Work of Jesus
The Seat of Original Sin
The Mechanism of Sin
Jesus and the Undoing of Cosmic Evil
The Problem of Sin
The Three Battle Lines Against Sin
The Work of the Cross
The Return of Christ As Seen From Eternity
Conclusion

Jesus Our Substitute

Jesus, the Son of God became a substitute for each one of us, a sin-bearer, a reconciler. He is called in the New Testament, "the Author (archegos) and Finisher (teleiotes) of our Faith" (Heb. 12:2). By a voluntary act the Son of God chose to become a man, to be an obedient servant, and to do everything, day by day throughout his entire life on earth, in total dependence upon the Father who indwelt Him.

This passage quoted above from Philippians is of great importance to our understanding the nature of God and the radical solution to sin God accomplished through the incarnation of His Son. The early church wrestled over the issue of whether Christ had one nature or two (the problem of the "hypostatic union") -- most Christians today agree that this passage implies that Jesus Christ is both fully God and fully man. Furthermore, Jesus lived His entire life on earth by faith in total dependence upon the Father who dwelt in Him, thus He did not, while He was on earth, exercise His sovereign power as God the Son.

This right and privilege (that of acting as Sovereign God), in addition to His exalted and splendorous place beside the Father, were temporarily and voluntarily set aside by Jesus of his own free will.




 
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