"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

The Wednesday Word OUR GLORIOUS SIN-BEARER Part 2 " Who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by W hose stripes ye were healed. For you were as sheep going astray but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls"   -I Peter 2:24 , 25 Last time we considered how this text brings us, ( 1 ) A Glorious Person; and (2) A Great Substitution; Today, from the text, we consider two more excellent Gospel Truths and discover, 3. A Grand Result. Because of the cross we have died to the guilt of our sins. Our sins were bought, paid and owned by the purchasing power of the Redeeming Lamb.  We are "healed by His stripes." He has taken our sins away! (John 1: 29) This brings to mind the words of Psalm 103:12, " As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." That´s more Good News! Again, look ...

"Blessed is the man to whom   the Lord will not impute sin" -Romans 4:8 [KJV] "Blessed" means well off, happy, to be envied. "The man" stands for every vessel of mercy, everyone chosen unto salvation, redeemed by the blood of Christ, certain to be regenerated by the Spirit and brought to faith in the Savior and destined to dwell with the Lord forever. "Impute" means to reckon, to charge to the account of. Concerning this man who is blessed, there is no doubt as to his natural depravity "for all have sinned" (Romans 3:23). But the issue before us is not the man’s sinfulness, but the non-imputation of sin to him. This raises an important question. If God declares that this man’s sin is not imputed to him, to whom then was it imputed and how was the debt removed? After all, if sin is not reckoned to this man, surely the justice of God demands it be reckoned to a suitable Substitute. The man owed a deb...