The sins of the individual were being transferred to the animal, and the animal was being slain in order to symbolize that the payment for the moral price of sin, which is death, was paid ( Genesis 2:15-17). In the Old Testament when the priest would offer up an animal as sacrifice for someone's sins, he would first lay hands upon the animal as a symbol that a transfer was taking place ( Leviticus 4:13-21). He removes them through a process of transference, a process that was previewed for centuries by the Jewish sacrificial system. He doesn't excuse them, justify them or hide them. What Peter is saying here is that Jesus heals us of the effects of sin by removing our actual sins from us and taking them on to Himself. And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness for by His wounds you were healed These other things deal with the symptoms of sin but the cross effectively eliminates the root cause: sin itself. No avail because none of these so-called solutions can do what the cross does: remove the cause of guilt, which is sin. Social reform, new philosophies, escape through drugs, magic, even denial ("I have no sin"), all of these and more have been tried to no avail. What then? Are we better than they? Not at all for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."įor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Īll are guilty, and this problem has moved people to seek relief from the mental, emotional, and physical ravages caused by the effects of sin. The universality of sin is a core Bible doctrine. This is normal because all men are guilty of sin, and this fact has been well documented in the Bible. Whether they admit it or not, people carry in their hearts an incredible load of anxiety and fear because of guilt. In this Mini Book I will try to explain what it is about the cross that attracts people to Jesus. It is the magnetic force within Christianity that has the power to pull people toward God. In the end, people come to God because of the cross of Jesus. What draws people to Christ is His cross: These things point the way but they in themselves do not have drawing power. Because, when it comes to Christianity, we need to understand that: I want to examine the spiritual phenomena of the power of Jesus' cross to draw all men to Himself and keep them there.
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