Jesus said in John 10:30 (Amplified) that "I and the father are One. When you have seen Me, you have seen the Father." We've had a difficult time trying to get a true picture of God. Every Christian wants to walk upright before God and every Christian wants His will done in our lives. The problem hasn't been that our heart is wrong, but that our image of God has been wrong.
We've gleaned most of what we know about God by the old covenant of the Law. When we did good, then He did good. And, when we did bad, then He did bad. Nearly all we knew or were taught about God came from the teaching about the Law. What we've neglected to see is that we now have a new covenant of grace. By grace, even when we do wrong, God can still do good because of the new covenant of grace. All of our punishment for wrong doing was placed on Jesus. Isaiah 53:4 (Amplified) says that "Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains (of punishment)."
When Jesus went to the cross, He took our entire debt that was due under the Law and fulfilled it completely. Galatians 3:13-14 (Amplified) says that "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the curse (doom) of the Law (and its condemnation) by (Himself) becoming a curse for us. For it is written (in the scriptures) cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified)." Verse 14 goes on, "To the end that through (their receiving) Christ Jesus, the blessing (promised) to Abraham might come upon the gentiles, so that we through faith might (all) receive (the realization of) the promise of the (Holy) Spirit."
Every curse that was proclaimed by violating the Law was placed upon Jesus. God , being a Just God, was obligated by His Just and Holy nature was obligated to punish all wrongdoing under the Law. There was no way for Him to circumvent it and still remain true to His Word. Although God didn't like to punish His people, He had to be true to His covenant.
When Jesus came and took our place, this Just and Holy God judged Jesus in our place. He poured out all His wrath and indignation that was due to us upon Jesus. Once His claims of justice had been met and the price for sin had been satisfied (in and on Jesus), we were paid for by His blood.
The wages of sin was death and not only physical death, but spiritual death as well. Our spirits that were separated from God by Adam, had to be restored to life by Jesus' separation on the cross. As Jesus became sin, He was separated from His Father so that we might now be made alive unto Him and united with Him again.
The sin demanded payment and the Law couldn't look the other way. The price must be paid and the ransom must be met. Since all men had the same sin in their blood, there had to be a sinless sacrifice made that could be legally accepted to pay the price. That's why Jesus had to die. Only the blood of God Himself was without sin. Only His Own blood was pure enough to pay the bill that was due.
When Jesus was nailed to the altar of the cross, God's Own blood ran down for us and Jesus Himself carried it to the mercy seat in the heavenlies (actually became the mercy seat). Now in this new covenant, His blood has been accepted by God (on our behalf) for the complete payment that was due from sin according to Hebrews 9:18-28 (Amplified) especially verse 22. In fact, under the Law, almost everything is purified by means of blood. Without the shedding of blood there is neither release from sin and its guilt nor the remission of the due and merited punishment for sins.
Once the blood had been shed and accepted, the price for sin and its punishment had been legally met and the bill was paid. Now, what the Holy Spirit said in Romans 5:1 (Amplified) is true for the believer that, "Therefore, since we are justified (acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through faith, let us (grasp the fact that we ) have (the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy) peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)"
This was the Father's plan from the very beginning; to be one with Him.
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