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[JackA]

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Jesus suffered like you suffer. But He suffered more than that, because He took not only your suffering, but He also took upon Himself the suffering of the world. The sins of the world were compressed and distilled upon the Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrew scholars tell us that there is an intensive plural in Isaiah 53 that speaks of the death of Christ. They say that it literally means that He “died a thousand deaths.”

Do you know what that means? It means that Jesus, being infinite, suffered for a finite amount of time what you, being finite, would suffer for an infinite amount of time. A great exchange took place. He suffered upon that cross an eternity of hell for every one of us.

ACTION POINT:
Can you say today with the songwriter…
“What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners’ gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression, but Thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Savior! ’Tis I deserve Thy place;
Look on me with Thy favor, vouchsafe to me Thy grace.”

Adrian Rogers

[JackA]

Jesus paid the price for the sins of the whole world - And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 1 John 4:14-15

Like sheep, we are born with a nature that prompts us to go astray and like sheep we foolishly decide to go our own way.

By nature we are born children of wrath (Eph 2:3) and by choice we become children of disobedience (2:2). Under the Law of Moses, the sheep died for the shepherd; but under grace, the Good Shepherd died for the sheep (John 10:1-18).

A man doesn't go to Hell because he sinned, he goes to Hell because he did not accept Jesus Christ as his Savior. In other words, Jesus has already paid in full the price for my sins and for your sins and that was done before we were ever born!

Sometimes when thinking upon this, my heart becomes heavy thinking about those who are eternally throwing away God's forgiveness by rejecting Jesus' atoning work. For those who have not accepted God's gift of forgiveness in Christ Jesus, do so now! Do not allow your pride to foreshake His grace and blessing of the foregiveness of your sins He so willing extends to you in Christ. You will be forever greatful and thankful if you accept Jesus Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

Edited by JackA, 06 October 2011 - 11:40 PM.

[JackA]

The Divine Exchange, Part 2

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” 1 Corinthians 1:30

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
The church is not an organization with Jesus Christ as its president. The church is an organism with Jesus Christ as its head. We are in Him and He is in us. The victory He won on the cross was for us.

When Jesus went to the cross, He wasn’t fighting the battle for Himself. He didn’t need to overcome Satan. He fought it on your behalf. He made the transaction, the divine exchange:

Jesus became the Son of man that you might become a son of God. He took your sins that you might take His innocence. He became guilty that you might become acquitted. He was filled with despair that you might be filled with joy. He took your shame that you might take His glory. He suffered the pains of hell, that you might know the joys of heaven.

ACTION POINT:
“What language shall I borrow to thank Thee, dearest Friend,
For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end?
O make me Thine forever, and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to Thee.”

Adrian Rogers