Matthew 27:54

Tomorrow is Christmas – when we celebrate the incarnation of Jesus coming to earth as a baby so that he could die in our place and bring salvation. He came to die. That was his purpose. But what made him fit to die in our place? How could he absorb the full weight of the wrath of God for sin? Surely, he was no ordinary man. As the soldier exclaimed when he beheld the death of Jesus, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” (Matthew 27:54). The only reason Jesus could fully atone for our sins was bec…

Tomorrow is Christmas – when we celebrate the incarnation of Jesus coming to earth as a baby so that he could die in our place and bring salvation. He came to die. That was his purpose. But what made him fit to die in our place? How could he absorb the full weight of the wrath of God for sin? Surely, he was no ordinary man. As the soldier exclaimed when he beheld the death of Jesus, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” (Matthew 27:54). The only reason Jesus could fully atone for our sins was bec…

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