Part 2
1 Peter 3:18 (NKJV) 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit…
Yesterday we discussed the fact that Jesus dying once, for all of us, eliminated the need for constant sacrifices to atone for our sins. His death covered them all, for eternity.
Today, let’s see what else we can learn from this powerful verse.
Immediately after telling us that Christ suffered (died) once for our sins, we are told that His life, which was just (pure), was given for us, the unjust (the impure).
This is much deeper than our human minds can truly grasp.
Yes, we may get the concept of it. But we will never be able to truly understand it in its deepest depths.
Our sins make us filthy before God. He cannot even look upon us because of those sins.
The prophet Isaiah said (in Isaiah 64:6) that “all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags”.
In other words, there is absolutely no righteous act that we can perform that will remove the stain of our sins. Not even a perpetually righteous lifestyle can make us clean before God.
With Christ, however, because He traded Himself (the just) for us (the unjust), we are given the opportunity to be made clean (righteous) by simply embracing Him (putting our faith in Him).
The moment we do that, we become clean in God’s sight. We are made whole and pure, with the stains of our sins washed away; gone forever.
Think about that; the just for the unjust.
Again, this is more than our minds can truly comprehend.
Let’s ponder on this for a while, and then we can talk more about it tomorrow.
Stay tuned…
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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