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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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