{"id":2769,"date":"2014-02-15T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T10:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2014-02-15T10:53:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T10:53:31","slug":"what-think-ye-of-christ-and-him-crucified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2769","title":{"rendered":"WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holy Scriptures teach an effectual atonement based upon the fact of  Who He was who died to atone. Such a blood shedding could never be in  vain in any sense when we consider the infinite value of the person who  shed His blood. Paul, to show the value of the atonement, first tells us  who He is Who died; \u201cJesus Christ,\u201d he said; and then, \u201cand him  crucified.\u201d Well how much value do we put on Jesus Christ? Better yet,  how much value does God the Father put on Him? The Father calls Him a  Savior, a great one, a mighty one, and says of Him, \u201cHe shall deliver  them.\u201d (Is 19:20).  The fact that it is Christ\u2019s blood is what makes it effectual. \u201cThe  blood of Jesus Christ, God\u2019s Son cleanseth us from all sin.\u201d What else  could the blood of such an infinite One do but accomplish the task for  which it was shed? \u201cHe came to save His people from their sins.\u201d (Matt 1:21).  And how was He to accomplish such a great task? By giving His own  blood! By pouring it out while hanging on a cross! The blood atoned for  sins and cleanses from all sins because it is Christ\u2019s blood. One man  said it this way, \u201cthe words \u2018the blood\u2019 never stand alone; the One Who  shed the blood is invariable specified, for it is the Person that gives  value to the work; the saving efficacy of the Death depends entirely  upon the fact that He Who died was the Son of God.\u201d Let us first and  foremost receive the testimony of the Holy Scriptures concerning the  infinite and eternal value of the Son of God. Having received that  testimony in our hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit, then we will  never undervalue that atonement which such an infinite person  accomplished. I am convinced this is one reason some deny the effectual  atonement of Christ; they place little value on Him. Let every man  examine his own conscience. Can you, knowing who He is, say to Him with a  clear conscience, \u201cyou failed?\u201d \u201cYou, the Lord of glory, died in vain?\u201d  Can you say such a thing without your conscience smiting you\u201d What  think ye of Jesus crucified must be answered in the light of what think  ye of Jesus Christ himself. \u2014Bruce Crabtree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED? Holy Scriptures teach an effectual atonement based upon the fact of Who He was who died to atone. Such a blood shedding could never be in vain in any sense when we consider the infinite value of the person who shed His blood. Paul, to show the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-bruce-crabtree","category-gospel-preaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2770,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}