Understanding
The Bible |
BY THE AUTHOR
Dr. Clarence E. Mason, Jr.
Philadelphia College of Bible
1970
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The substitutionary
theory holds that Christ's death was in my room and stead. He bore the
penalty I deserved.
"The story of the Passover lamb (Ex. 12), with 1 Corinthians 5:7,
illustrates the meaning of substitution as here used: one life given
in the stead of another. 'The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of
us all' (Isa. 53:6). God made Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin for
us (2 Cor. 5:21). Christ Himself bore our sins in His own body on the
tree; this is substitution (1 Pet. 2:24). Christ died in our place,
bore our sins, paid the penalty due our sins (1 Pet. 3:18); and all
this, not by force, but willingly (Jn. 10:17-18). The idea of substitution
is well illustrated by the nature of the preposition used in connection
with this phase of Christ's death: In Matthew 20:28 Christ is said to
give His life a ransom for all (also 1 Tim. 2:6). That this preposition
means instead of is clear from its use in Matthew 2:22: 'Archelaus did
reign in the room (or in the stead) of his father, Herod.' Also in Luke
11:11; 'Will he for a fish give him a serpent?' (See Hebrews 12:2,16.)
Substitution then, as used here, means this: That something happened
to Christ, and because it happened to Christ, it need not happen to
me. Christ died for my sins; I need not die for them if I accept His
sacrifice. For further illustrations, see Genesis 22:13, where God provides
a ram to sacrifice in the place of Isaac; also, Barabbas was freed and
Christ bore his cross, taking his place."
Evans - Great Doctrines of the Bible, pp. 72-73
Upon a life I did not live;
Upon a death I did not die;
Another's life, another's death,
I stake my whole eternity.
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