The atonement has many profound implications for us–too many to cover in our lifetimes, but here we spend time thinking about two major aspects of Christ’s work for us: His active obedience in which He fulfilled the law on our behalf, and His passive obedience, in which He paid the penalty for our sin.
Our sin has condemned us, but that does not mean that we are without hope, for indeed “Christ has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself” (Hebrews 9:26).
It is a blessed truth that we sing: “What can wash away our sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.” These words speak of the Christian’s greatest boast—that Christ died for us and the blood that he shed has washed away our sin.
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