The Bible declares that Christ is "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev.13:8).
(a) That means the cross is far more than the Event which happened at Golgotha.
(b) What we have seen took place at the cross is the revelation of the cross--which is an eternal Reality.
(c) The arms of the cross reach from Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained.
(d) The cross is the great Reality of all time.
(e) Because of that sacrifice for "all men," the Father is free to treat "every man" as though he has never sinned!
(f) That is the same as saying that Jesus Christ has achieved for "every man" a "[judicial] verdict of acquittal," which is what the Bible says Christ has GIVEN, not merely OFFERED, "every man" (see Rom. 5:15-18, New English Bible).
(g) The Apostle Paul dedicated his brilliant mind to the control of the Holy Spirit; and Romans Five is what he wrote as a result!
(h) When Adam sinned, the entire planet earth sinned at the same time; and by virtue of His sacrifice of Himself on the cross, the Son of God has GIVEN, not "offered," "every man" a "judicial verdict of acquittal."
(i) Some may think that means He has taken "every man" into eternal salvation; no, even though the Lord Jesus has accomplished this great gift, for "every man," "every man" remains free to exercise his own choice of what to do with this great truth.
(j) But the Bible is clear, "God so loved the world that He gave ..." all He had, not merely "offered."
(k) Our job is to LET Him have His way with us; to "let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus" (see Phil. 2:5-8).
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