A WARNING WITH GREAT ENCOURAGMENT
"Then H e is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I HAVE FOUND A RANSOM ." -Job 33:24 [KJV] Consider this GREAT EXCHANGE between the Father and the Son in this all-important matter of the salvation of sinners. God CAN and MUST BE GRACIOUS to the objects of His love, and they MUST BE DELIVERED "from going down to the pit"because GOD RECEIVED SATISFACTION IN THE RANSOM PRICE OF HIS DEAR SON. The word translated "ransom"means ATONEMENT, reconciliation, forgiveness, purging away, to cover over, pacify, or PROPITIATE. Think about what this means. If the ETERNAL GOD was pacified, reconciled, received ATONEMENT, and FORGAVE SINNERS in the person of Christ (according to the above passage), HOW IN THE WORLD can He then turn around and put some of those SAME SINNERS, for whom He received the RANSOM PRICE REQUIRED in the glorious person and work of His dear Son, IN HELL? THE ANSWER IS HE CANNOT!!! If you believe that Christ cam...