Substitution & Satisfaction!


EFFECTUAL, PARTICULAR REDEMPTION
"I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep" -John 10:11
"Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it" -Ephesians 5:25
The very heart of the gospel is that Christ died for His guilty people. Per the Surety’s agreement in the everlasting covenant, the sins of those the Father gave Him in electing grace were charged to Him and He became responsible to satisfy the demands of offended justice for them which required death for sin. We therefore read, "Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3).

The innocent Shepherd was sacrificed in the stead of His guilty sheep. Substitution and satisfaction are two words which wonderfully summarize the gospel. Christ took the place of His chosen people, fully answering every demand of the law of God in their stead. The true gospel is the message of effectual, particular redemption. And yet, this is the first place where preachers (not the Lord’s) will compromise. They teach that the Son of God came into the world and loved, lived, died, arose and now intercedes for all of Adam’s race. Their message is that Christ was crucified for mankind to make salvation possible, but one’s salvation is ultimately dependent upon the sinner.

Such heresy flies in the face of Scripture and is treasonous against the glory of Christ for it makes the sinner his own savior. There is essentially no difference between those who deny the deity of Christ and those who deny the efficacy of His accomplished redemption for both are guilty of blasphemy, the one against His glorious person and the other against His successful work. To say that Christ died for the sins of those who will not be finally saved is a profane notion, contrary to the Word of God.

Augustus Toplady said it quite well. "Twice payment God will not demand, first at my bleeding Surety’s hand, and then again at mine." Christ paid the debt His people owed to infinite justice and no indebtedness remains. God, the righteous Judge, is satisfied. "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, Who is even at the right hand of God, Who also maketh intercession for us" (Romans 8:33-34).

-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd

Thirteenth Street Baptist Church, Ashland, Kentucky USA
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