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In our study of the 52 questions and answers within the New City Catechism we have learn about God and His creation, and the fall of humanity along with God’s law that followed.
As we looked at the law and it’s purpose, we learned:
Question 7
What does the law of God require?
That we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves.
But the reality is that no one, since the fall has been able to keep the law perfectly.
Which brought us to:
Question 15
Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose?
That we may know the holy nature of God, and the sinful nature of our hearts; and thus our need of a Savior.
In sin, our hearts are bent toward worshipping created things rather than the Creator.
Which brings the question:
Question 18
Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?
No, God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them both in this life, and in the life to come.
So, humanities end doesn’t look good.
We are born in sin and will by punished in our sin.
But there is hope...
Question 19
Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back into God’s favor?
Yes, God reconciles us to himself by a Redeemer.
Redeemer (Lexham Press) One who pays a price on behalf of an impoverished relative, in order to effect the release of the relative or his/her property (Lev 25:25–54).
The New Testament uses this term in reference to Jesus, whose death comes to represent both payment for sin and freedom for the believer.
Question 20
Who is the Redeemer?
The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ.
The only One who is capable of representing both payment for our sin and freedom for the believer is Jesus.
Scripture is clear, it is only through Jesus we may be Redeemed.
As Peter addressed the Sanhedrin in Acts 4:
Further, we find Paul addressing corporate prayer and the importance of praying for all people.
vv. 3, 4 - This evangelistic prayer for all people is good being rooted in the fact that God desires all people to be saved.
v. 4 - the knowledge of the truth - highlights the cognitive aspect of conversion, in that individuals must come to understand key truths in order to be converted.
“The truth” occurs often in the Pastoral epistles as a synonym for the gospel
v. 5 - the exclusive nature of Paul’s point.
There is only one who can mediate between the holy and the unholy - there is only one worthy to redeem - only One who can reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable - IT’S JESUS!
v. 6 - This Jesus wasn’t killed outside of His will - He gave himself as ransom - as the purchase price for the release of those who would repent and believe.
The exclusivity of Jesus as Redeemer:
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Is Grounded in the Bible
It’s not our idea - this was God’s plan from before the foundations of the world (1 Peter 1:20)
Therefore, it can be trusted
2. Is to be rejoiced over
3. Should be shared through our life and our words
Privately be praying for the lost
Publicly be sensitive to the Lord’s leading to share the Gospel
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