The Centrality of Christ's Sacrifice in Forgiveness
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"God regards sin as so evil and so destructive that in order to set things right, there must be a death, a blood shedding, in order for sins not to be counted that is to be forgiven. Then the second premise of Karen's question is that Christ has in fact shed his own blood for sinners, so that if we are united to Christ by faith, our sins are forgiven for his sake." [00:31:20]
"The forgiveness that God pronounced on faithful worshipers in the Old Testament was not ultimately owing to animal sacrifices. The true saints in the Old Testament, they grasped this they did at some level. For example, David said in Psalm 51, 'You will not delight in sacrifice or I would give it; you will not be pleased with the burnt offering.'" [00:06:31]
"All those animal sacrifices actually in themselves accomplished nothing. The forgiveness that God pronounced on faithful worshipers in the Old Testament was not ultimately owing to animal sacrifices. The true saints in the Old Testament, they grasped this they did at some level. For example, David said in Psalm 51, 'You will not delight in sacrifice or I would give it.'" [00:06:17]
"The answer is they were pointing to Jesus, God's final once for all decisive sacrifice for sins. They were foreshadowing the blood shedding of Christ. So it says in Hebrews 9:12, Christ entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption." [00:07:51]
"Christ's sacrifice was so complete, so glorious, so full, so decisive that it secured an eternal redemption. If you have Christ, you have eternal forgiveness for all sins. Now I think Karen knows this, but what she may have overlooked is that not only does the sacrifice of Christ extend forward as an eternal redemption, but also backward in history." [00:08:25]
"The cross works effectively backward and forward, and that's what Paul makes clear in Romans 3:25-26. He says God put Christ forward as a propitiation by his blood to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins." [00:09:17]
"The reason God was righteous to pass over, that is forgive, the sins of all Old Testament saints and the sins that Jesus forgave during his lifetime was that God was looking to the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. So just as our sins 2,000 years after Christ are covered by the blood of Christ, so Abraham's sins were covered by the cross of Christ 2,000 years before." [00:09:44]
"Karen's question is not of limited significance. It takes us to the very center of the gospel, indeed the center of reality, and shows us that all forgiveness, all of it, and all the benefits that flow from forgiveness through all time, as far back as you can go, as far forward as you can go, all of it is based on those few hours when the Son of God suffered and bled and died for sinners." [00:10:27]
"If we grasp how central, how profound, how glorious was that divine moment, that divine achievement, our lives will be more stable, more courageous, and more joyful. So good, Romans 3:25 is precious. It reminds me of an APJ we did like eight years ago now." [00:11:14]
"Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins. So God instituted in the Old Testament the way, the plan, that there would be animal sacrifices, and that sinners who look to God and by faith identify with this killed animal would be forgiven for their sins. The death of the animal would be counted, so to speak, as the punishment for their sin." [00:02:07]
"Jesus pronounced forgiveness on his own authority, without any reference to those sacrifices. For example, in Mark 2:6-7, he said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven,' and the scribes say, 'Why does this man speak like that? He's blaspheming. Who can forgive sins but God alone?'" [00:05:02]
"Hebrews 10:4 and 11, the writer says, 'It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.' In verse 11, 'Every priest standing daily at his service offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.' So now we get the startling revelation that all those animal sacrifices actually in themselves accomplished nothing." [00:05:47]
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"The forgiveness that God pronounced on faithful worshipers in the Old Testament was not ultimately owing to animal sacrifices. The true saints in the Old Testament, they grasped this they did at some level. For example, David said in Psalm 51, 'You will not delight in sacrifice or I would give it; you will not be pleased with the burnt offering.'" [00:06:31]
"All those animal sacrifices actually in themselves accomplished nothing. The forgiveness that God pronounced on faithful worshipers in the Old Testament was not ultimately owing to animal sacrifices. The true saints in the Old Testament, they grasped this they did at some level. For example, David said in Psalm 51, 'You will not delight in sacrifice or I would give it.'" [00:06:17]
"The answer is they were pointing to Jesus, God's final once for all decisive sacrifice for sins. They were foreshadowing the blood shedding of Christ. So it says in Hebrews 9:12, Christ entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption." [00:07:51]
"Christ's sacrifice was so complete, so glorious, so full, so decisive that it secured an eternal redemption. If you have Christ, you have eternal forgiveness for all sins. Now I think Karen knows this, but what she may have overlooked is that not only does the sacrifice of Christ extend forward as an eternal redemption, but also backward in history." [00:08:25]
"The cross works effectively backward and forward, and that's what Paul makes clear in Romans 3:25-26. He says God put Christ forward as a propitiation by his blood to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins." [00:09:17]
"The reason God was righteous to pass over, that is forgive, the sins of all Old Testament saints and the sins that Jesus forgave during his lifetime was that God was looking to the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. So just as our sins 2,000 years after Christ are covered by the blood of Christ, so Abraham's sins were covered by the cross of Christ 2,000 years before." [00:09:44]
"Karen's question is not of limited significance. It takes us to the very center of the gospel, indeed the center of reality, and shows us that all forgiveness, all of it, and all the benefits that flow from forgiveness through all time, as far back as you can go, as far forward as you can go, all of it is based on those few hours when the Son of God suffered and bled and died for sinners." [00:10:27]
"If we grasp how central, how profound, how glorious was that divine moment, that divine achievement, our lives will be more stable, more courageous, and more joyful. So good, Romans 3:25 is precious. It reminds me of an APJ we did like eight years ago now." [00:11:14]
"Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins. So God instituted in the Old Testament the way, the plan, that there would be animal sacrifices, and that sinners who look to God and by faith identify with this killed animal would be forgiven for their sins. The death of the animal would be counted, so to speak, as the punishment for their sin." [00:02:07]
"Jesus pronounced forgiveness on his own authority, without any reference to those sacrifices. For example, in Mark 2:6-7, he said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven,' and the scribes say, 'Why does this man speak like that? He's blaspheming. Who can forgive sins but God alone?'" [00:05:02]
"Hebrews 10:4 and 11, the writer says, 'It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.' In verse 11, 'Every priest standing daily at his service offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.' So now we get the startling revelation that all those animal sacrifices actually in themselves accomplished nothing." [00:05:47]
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