{"id":4126,"date":"2016-11-28T19:49:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T19:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=4126"},"modified":"2016-11-28T19:50:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T19:50:34","slug":"bulletin-edition-327-november-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=4126","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin Edition #327 November 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our Substitute<\/pre>\n
II Corinthians 5:24 \"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no<\/pre>\n
sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.\"<\/pre>\n
What a grand declaration in the heart of a helpless sinner! That the<\/pre>\n
Father has charged my guilt to his Son and has given me the<\/pre>\n
righteousness of God in Christ. This is substitution-the innocent made<\/pre>\n
to be the sin of the guilty and the guilty made to be the righteousness<\/pre>\n
of the innocent. This is reconciliation-those once enemies of God made<\/pre>\n
to be his dear children in their representative Christ Jesus. In order<\/pre>\n
for this transaction to take place some important things had to happen.<\/pre>\n
The substitute had to be flesh and blood like us. He had to be tempted<\/pre>\n
in every way like us. As a man the representative had to be completely<\/pre>\n
free of any guilt in thought or in deed-as righteous as God is. Christ<\/pre>\n
met these requirements.<\/pre>\n
So then when Christ fulfilled all that the prophets had written of him,<\/pre>\n
when he finished the work that God gave him to do upon this earth, he<\/pre>\n
went to the cross. God took all the sin of all the elect from every<\/pre>\n
generation and laid it upon Christ. God's vindicated his wrath upon<\/pre>\n
every one of his people in the substitute. And not only did Christ<\/pre>\n
justify them of their sins but he also freely gave them the<\/pre>\n
righteousness of God, which he earned as a man on their behalf. None of<\/pre>\n
them will be found guilty for God accepts them in his beloved Son. Not<\/pre>\n
one of them will be lost for the precious blood of God's only begotten<\/pre>\n
Son has bought them. Every one will cease from his corrupt works and<\/pre>\n
rest completely on Christ Jesus who is seated at the right hand of the<\/pre>\n
Father. And every one rejoices, ever thankful, amazed that Christ was<\/pre>\n
made to be sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.<\/pre>\n
There is no greater blessing!<\/pre>\n
Clay Curtis<\/pre>\n
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Extract from \u0093The great things God has done for his people\u0094 \u0096 William<\/pre>\n
Gadsby 1838<\/pre>\n
And we must take into the account each glorious Person in the one<\/pre>\n
undivided Jehovah,--God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.<\/pre>\n
For in the \"great things,\" that the eternal Trinity has done for the<\/pre>\n
church of God, each distinct Person has a solemn part, a part that<\/pre>\n
redounds to the glory of all and the blessedness of them that are<\/pre>\n
brought to trust in God. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy<\/pre>\n
Ghost, as one blessed Triune Jehovah, hath entered into a solemn<\/pre>\n
covenant before all worlds to bring an infinite number of mortals to<\/pre>\n
glory. In this solemn contract, this covenant of grace, the eternal<\/pre>\n
Trinity took a survey of all their sins, and all their weaknesses, and<\/pre>\n
all their misgivings, and all their backslidings, and all their<\/pre>\n
temptations, and all their besetments, and all their slips, and all<\/pre>\n
their falls, and all their tumblings, that this body would have from the<\/pre>\n
beginning to the end of time; and in this immortal covenant God made<\/pre>\n
provision to meet it all, and so to meet it as to be glorified in saving<\/pre>\n
them all from all the horrors and consequences of sin. Now is that not a<\/pre>\n
\"great thing?\" Why, if we make a provision, as we think, for our<\/pre>\n
children, and make it over to them, one gets proud and profligate, sets<\/pre>\n
up to be a gentleman, and soon destroys the provision; and the others do<\/pre>\n
the same thing in some other way; so that by and by the mistaken<\/pre>\n
provision we made for them has been a kind of means of leading them into<\/pre>\n
deeper ruin than they would have been in if they had been obliged to<\/pre>\n
work for every penny they have. But our God made no mistake of that<\/pre>\n
nature. One \"great thing\" he did in his council and covenant was to make<\/pre>\n
the provision sure--\" the sure mercies of David;\" (Isa. 55:3) certain<\/pre>\n
mercies, \"ordered in all things.\" (2 Sam. 23:5) Why, he saw all thy<\/pre>\n
temptations, before ever thou didst. When he gave thee to Christ, he saw<\/pre>\n
all thy besetments, all thy bewilderments, all thy hard-heartedness, all<\/pre>\n
thy darkness, all thy coldness, all thy barrenness; and in the eternal<\/pre>\n
purpose of his grace, he made such a provision for thee that it is not<\/pre>\n
possible for Satan himself to drive thy poor bewildered soul into any<\/pre>\n
place where God's provision will not reach thee and be sufficiently<\/pre>\n
powerful to bring thee out. Is not this a \"great thing,\" a matchless thing?<\/pre>\n
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Zingers \u0096 Don Fortner<\/pre>\n
The biblical doctrine of limited atonement is particular, effectual<\/pre>\n
redemption. Christ died for his sheep, God\u0092s elect. The Son of God was<\/pre>\n
stricken by the rod of divine justice for the transgressions of his<\/pre>\n
people (Isaiah 53:8). Having satisfied the justice of God for his elect,<\/pre>\n
the Lord Jesus Christ effectually accomplished and obtained eternal<\/pre>\n
redemption for all for whom he died (Hebrews 9:12).<\/pre>\n
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No doctrine hatched in hell is more blasphemous or more brazenly denies<\/pre>\n
the very godhood of our Saviour than universal atonement, the teaching<\/pre>\n
that Christ made atonement for sinners who yet suffer the wrath of God<\/pre>\n
in eternity.<\/pre>\n
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By faith in Christ we receive internally that which Christ has<\/pre>\n
accomplished for us externally: redemption, righteousness,<\/pre>\n
justification, forgiveness, holiness, peace, and reconciliation. Faith<\/pre>\n
does not accomplish these boons of grace. Faith receives them and<\/pre>\n
experiences them by grace.<\/pre>\n
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No one is saved in time who was not saved before time began; and all who<\/pre>\n
were saved \u0093in Christ Jesus before the world began\u0094 (2 Timothy 1:9)<\/pre>\n
shall be saved in time.<\/pre>\n
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God never plays \u0093Let\u0092s Pretend.\u0094 He did not pretend to make Christ sin<\/pre>\n
for us. He made him who knew no sin sin for us. And God does not pretend<\/pre>\n
to make sinners righteous in Christ. He made us the righteousness of God<\/pre>\n
in him.<\/pre>\n
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Substitution is the message of the Bible and the very heart of the<\/pre>\n
gospel. And this is the way God the Holy Ghost declares this sweet,<\/pre>\n
gospel doctrine. \u0097 \u0093For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no<\/pre>\n
sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.<\/pre>\n
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BLESSED SUBSTITUTION<\/pre>\n
Deliver me from all my transgressions . . . (Psalm 39:8)<\/pre>\n
For an enlightened son of Adam, the longing of his renewed heart is for<\/pre>\n
deliverance from that which is his nature \u0097 SIN! He longs not only for<\/pre>\n
deliverance from daily temptation, but also from that final curse which<\/pre>\n
will usher in everlasting damnation to those without Christ as their<\/pre>\n
Substitute. This is a paradox, for with his mind he longs for<\/pre>\n
deliverance from the clutches of sin, while in his flesh he continues to<\/pre>\n
rebel.<\/pre>\n
Christ, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world (of<\/pre>\n
believers), accomplished that which no mortal man could. By imputation,<\/pre>\n
He entered Himself into a state of familiarity with the guilt of all<\/pre>\n
those chosen unto salvation, in that their guilt actually became His<\/pre>\n
guilt. Though personally innocent, Christ assumed the position of every<\/pre>\n
guilty sheep. He then could honestly cry forth, \"Deliver me from all my<\/pre>\n
transgressions.\" Absolute justice must be satisfied before any<\/pre>\n
deliverance can take place. In one all-encompassing blow of divine<\/pre>\n
justice upon the blessed Substitute, the Father obliterated forever the<\/pre>\n
curse that Christ assumed. In Him, the believer can with a heart at<\/pre>\n
peace, echo His prayer, \"Deliver me from all my transgressions.\"<\/pre>\n
Marvin Stalnaker.<\/pre>\n
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Christ our Substitute<\/pre>\n
\u0093Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he<\/pre>\n
delivered him to be crucified\u0094 (Matt. 27:26).<\/pre>\n
God has ordered by His marvelous providence a vivid picture of every<\/pre>\n
believer's Substitute. Barabbas was rightly charged, convicted and<\/pre>\n
sentenced to be executed. He was found guilty of murder, robbery and<\/pre>\n
sedition against Rome. When the executioner came to release him, he was<\/pre>\n
told Jesus had taken his scourging and crucifixion and that he could go<\/pre>\n
free.<\/pre>\n
Barabbas is a type and picture of sinners for whom Christ Jesus died<\/pre>\n
(1Tim.1:15). We stand guilty before the law of God (Rom. 3:19-20). We<\/pre>\n
were justly convicted of great offences against God (Psalm 51:4). We<\/pre>\n
were waiting the execution by God's holy law (Rom.6:23). However, by the<\/pre>\n
order of Almighty God, Jesus Christ was sent to rescue, redeem and<\/pre>\n
release sinners (Matt.9:13; Luke 4:18).<\/pre>\n
Believers no more merit release and rescue than Barabbas did<\/pre>\n
(Eph.2:1-4). But God in His sovereign grace sent the gracious<\/pre>\n
Substitute, the Lord Jesus Christ to take our place and set us free<\/pre>\n
(1Peter 3: 18). Christ Jesus paid our debt to God's law and justice and<\/pre>\n
cleared us of all guilt (Gal. 3:10-13;). Christ Jesus took our scourging<\/pre>\n
and with His strips we are healed (Isa. 53:5). Christ Jesus took our<\/pre>\n
death and gave us His life (1John 5:12). He took our sin and gave us His<\/pre>\n
righteousness (2Cor. 5:21). He was condemned though innocent (1Peter<\/pre>\n
2:22), that we might be justified though guilty (Rom.3:24-26; 8:1).<\/pre>\n
There is infinite merit in all that Christ performed for His covenant<\/pre>\n
people (Heb. 2:17; Rom. 5:6-11). Surely, it is right to honor and<\/pre>\n
worship the Lamb of God that takes away all our sin and that brings in<\/pre>\n
and freely imputes to us an everlasting righteousness (1John 3:5; John<\/pre>\n
1:29; Rom 4:6). God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our<\/pre>\n
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto<\/pre>\n
the world (Gal. 6:14).<\/pre>\n
Tom Harding.<\/pre>\n
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Substitution Is The Gospel<\/pre>\n
Todd Nibert<\/pre>\n
Particular redemption. Limited Atonement. Definite Atonement. Effectual<\/pre>\n
Atonement. These are all words used to describe the atoning work of<\/pre>\n
Christ on the cross. He died for a particular people. His intention to<\/pre>\n
save was limited to the elect. His atonement was with a definite purpose<\/pre>\n
for a definite people. His atonement was effectual. All that He died for<\/pre>\n
must be saved. These terms are all well and good in their place, but a<\/pre>\n
better word is plain old substitution. All of these terms point to a<\/pre>\n
real, substitutionary death on the cross. Substitution is the Gospel. To<\/pre>\n
deny, water down, or omit in our preaching the particular, limited,<\/pre>\n
definite, effectual death of Christ on the cross\u0085.ie\u0085.substitution\u0085.is<\/pre>\n
to deny, water down, or omit the Gospel of Christ. The meaning of<\/pre>\n
substitution is so simple that adjectives are not even needed to<\/pre>\n
describe it.<\/pre>\n
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SUBSTITUTION - GOD\u0092S MYSTERY<\/pre>\n
\u0093For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might<\/pre>\n
be made the righteousness of God in Him.\u0094 2Co 5:21<\/pre>\n
The incomprehensible, wondrous works of the Triune God in the redemption<\/pre>\n
of sinners defies all finite human logic and frustrates the<\/pre>\n
understanding of mankind. From the incarnation of the Eternal Son of God<\/pre>\n
to the glorification of the sanctified ones there remains a treasure of<\/pre>\n
divine secrets known only unto Him. Even unto His chosen there are \u0093<\/pre>\n
unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter\u0094. Often we<\/pre>\n
have a hankering to delve into the unrevealed mysteries of the Infinite<\/pre>\n
Mind and consequently gather unto ourselves confusion. When an attempt<\/pre>\n
is made to explain that which God is pleased to retain in His storehouse<\/pre>\n
of wisdom there issues forth a polluted fountain of intellectual poison<\/pre>\n
gendering pride, causing strife and division. God\u0092s ministers are called<\/pre>\n
and sent to declare what God has revealed. When we go beyond Divine<\/pre>\n
revelation we are promoting self rather than the glory of God. In our<\/pre>\n
text and context God has declared, \u0093He hath made Him to be sin for us,<\/pre>\n
Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him\u0094.<\/pre>\n
Any deviation from this would be heresy. This is the Word of God. Need<\/pre>\n
we say more? The theme of all scriptures is the Lord Jesus Christ and<\/pre>\n
His redemptive, substitutionary work, and the ultimate substance and<\/pre>\n
accomplishment of that work is, \u0093He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who<\/pre>\n
knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him\u0094 to<\/pre>\n
the praise of His glory and grace. This is the crystal clear revelation<\/pre>\n
of God Almighty concerning His blessed Son. I cannot answer for anyone<\/pre>\n
else, but as for me I cannot explain the Triune God, the incarnation of<\/pre>\n
Christ, the actual guilt of my sin being laid upon Christ, the death of<\/pre>\n
One Who is God in the flesh, the resurrection of the dead Lamb, the<\/pre>\n
regenerating work of God the Spirit, the glorification of once dead<\/pre>\n
sinners, except - DIVINE WISDOM AND OMNIPOTENCE! REVEALED TRUTH!<\/pre>\n
Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge<\/pre>\n
of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and His ways past finding out!<\/pre>\n
Tommy Robbins.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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