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By Simon Ifeanyi Ezeh
First: Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world but how exactly does he do that? How and why is Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Lord? He takes away sins by revealing to mankind that God is our Father (nobody knew this prior to his incarnation – Jn 17) who is merciful and forgiving; declaring that man also has the power to forgive sins just like God (Matt 6:14,15; Jn20:23).
As the Messiah, he brought forgiveness of sin down to the realm of men so that man could and should forgive whenever he is offended. This way, Jesus Christ takes away the sin of anyone who asks for God’s mercy and forgiveness as far as the petitioner forgives his offender(s) as well. This petitioner forgives his offenders and God forgives him – this is the mercy principle. So, Jesus Christ sorted out the sin problem at both levels: at the level of God and at the level of man. He solved the sin question by this revelation (not by dying on the cross as we’d soon discover later on), exposed the dynamics of the kingdom of God and delivered the fundamentals of our faith in God to us. This is how and why he is the only Saviour of man. He saves us by his words, not his blood (Jn6:53-63): his life, not his death. God says in Ezekiel 18 (whole chapter), that it is the soul which sins that dies and this death could be both spiritual and/or physical. An honest inspection of the entire chapter reveals that a man lives or dies solely on his own accounts. However, the sinner only dies if he fails to repent: if he repents, he lives! Even within this edict of God that the soul that sins dies is a way out provided by God and this way out is repentance
As the Messiah, he brought forgiveness of sin down to the realm of men so that man could and should forgive whenever he is offended. This way, Jesus Christ takes away the sin of anyone who asks for God’s mercy and forgiveness as far as the petitioner forgives his offender(s) as well. This petitioner forgives his offenders and God forgives him – this is the mercy principle. So, Jesus Christ sorted out the sin problem at both levels: at the level of God and at the level of man. He solved the sin question by this revelation (not by dying on the cross as we’d soon discover later on), exposed the dynamics of the kingdom of God and delivered the fundamentals of our faith in God to us. This is how and why he is the only Saviour of man. He saves us by his words, not his blood (Jn6:53-63): his life, not his death. God says in Ezekiel 18 (whole chapter), that it is the soul which sins that dies and this death could be both spiritual and/or physical. An honest inspection of the entire chapter reveals that a man lives or dies solely on his own accounts. However, the sinner only dies if he fails to repent: if he repents, he lives! Even within this edict of God that the soul that sins dies is a way out provided by God and this way out is repentance
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