Justified freely by His blood; all our ransom was paid through the resurrection of Christ. Every debt was canceled there was nothing left outstanding. The Passover of feasting with the disciples represented the promise of God. It was the body of Christ that would be broken for us and the shedding of His blood. Understanding what the cross meant is very important for everyone. Christ fulfilled the promise of God which was taking away the sins of the whole world and making us the righteousness of God. Christ was without iniquity, there was no corruption within Him and He became all that for us on the cross so that we would be justified. "For he hath made him be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" (2 Corinthian 5:21). What Christ did on the cross no other could have done; He was born to die for the entire human race. There is no prejudice in His love. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John.3:16).
We are a chosen vessel of God and it was nothing of our doing, he called us before the foundation of the world. “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:” (King James Bible, 1769/2017, Ephesians 1:4). God chose to bless us in Christ Jesus and gave us a heart to believe. “Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me” (Isaiah 43:10). We can’t take no credit for God’s work; it is his grace that made us who we are. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). In all that we do, we must remember that God loved us before we were saints. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Roma...
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