1 John 4:17

We were all ruined by Adam, our first representative. But Christ came as the second Adam, the second representative of the human race, and he redeemed us all. Legally it is so. Personally it becomes so as I believe it (1 John 4:17). Only this can explain those mysterious sections of the Gospel narrative which tell us of the intensity of Christ's mental anguish when he sweat great drops of blood and later cried, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” It was not fear of death that explains Christ's agony. It was the awareness that he was suffering for the sins of the human race. He was forsaken of God, or so it seemed, that we might not be. On the Cross, Christ cried, "Why?” in order that we might never need to cry it. "He who hears my word and believes in him who sent me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life" (John 5:24, NKJV).…

We were all ruined by Adam, our first representative. But Christ came as the second Adam, the second representative of the human race, and he redeemed us all. Legally it is so. Personally it becomes so as I believe it (1 John 4:17). Only this can explain those mysterious sections of the Gospel narrative which tell us of the intensity of Christ's mental anguish when he sweat great drops of blood and later cried, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” It was not fear of death that explains Christ's agony. It was the awareness that he was suffering for the sins of the human race. He was forsaken of God, or so it seemed, that we might not be. On the Cross, Christ cried, "Why?” in order that we might never need to cry it. "He who hears my word and believes in him who sent me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life" (John 5:24, NKJV).…

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