Encouragement: The Believer’s Judgment at The Cross
The Lord Jesus Christ taught us the nature and power of the work of the Holy Spirit in our conversion. He said, “And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father, and ye see Me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged” [John 16:9-11].
This is not simply the fact that there is a judgment. This is the glorious truth that our Lord’s suffering on Calvary’s cross was judgment for His people. On the cross, Jesus Christ was judged for all the sins of His people charged to Him, and therefore they do not have to face any judgment, because they have borne their judgment in Christ, their Substitute and Surety.
They who are brought by the Holy Spirit to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ do not bear the penalty of sin because they have already borne it in their Substitute, the Lord Jesus Christ. They do not have to bear condemnation for sin, because they have already borne it in their Substitute, the Lord Jesus. They shall not be asked to bear again the penalty which has already been borne by them in their Substitute. It would be unjust of God to have two payments for the judgment of their sin.
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