We need to take Christ as our trespass offering for God’s purpose, for Christ as our offering resolves the problem of sins in our conduct. The Lord Jesus Christ died for us on the cross, and He bore our sins in His body on the tree in order that we, having died to sins, might […]
Seeing that Christ Destroyed the Devil and knowing how to Withstand and Overcome him
The manifestation of the Lord Jesus destroyed the works of the devil, and the death of the Lord Jesus destroyed the devil himself (see 1 John 3:8; John 3:14; 12:31; Heb. 2:14). Praise the Lord, Christ destroyed the devil on the cross! The Son of God was manifested so that He might destroy the works […]
The Son of God was Manifested that He might Destroy the Works of the Devil in Us
Praise the Lord, the Son of God was manifested for so that He might destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8)! God became a man – He put on humanity, and in Jesus Christ the infinite God became a man; He had the likeness of the flesh of sin but without the sin […]
How Christ Died as a Bronze Serpent for us to be Saved of our Serpentine Nature
Christ came in the likeness of the flesh of sin to be the reality of the type of the bronze serpent, and He died as our Substitute on the cross to condemn sin and destroy the devil – who is the source of sin. This is really amazing. In Leviticus 4 we see the sin […]
Christ Came in the Likeness of the Flesh of Sin and God Condemned Sin in the Flesh
When Christ died as a man in the flesh on the cross, God condemned sin in the flesh (Rom. 8:3). I’m so full of appreciation and love for the Lord who didn’t give up on us, fallen sinful men. Even though Satan injected his evil nature into us and right now all human beings are […]
The Word Became Flesh: Christ came in the Likeness of the Flesh of Sin yet without Sin
On one hand, the Word became flesh (John 1:14), and on the other, God sent His Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin to condemn sin in the flesh (Rom. 8:3). This is a wonderful matter in the New Testament. Christ came as the reality of the sin offering, and […]
As the Reality of the Sin Offering, Christ was Made Sin on our Behalf on the Cross
The matter of the sin offering is very important to our Christian life and experience, for as the reality of the sin offering, Christ was made sin on our behalf. In carrying out His purpose, God gives us only one person and only one way. The unique person in God’s purpose is Christ, for Christ […]