Five Irrefutable Facts About
Redemption
Romans 3:24-26
Here are
five statements that cannot be denied or refuted from the Word of God. Learn
them and you have learned the gospel doctrine of redemption by Christ.
1. ALL MEN
AND WOMEN SINCE THE FALL OF ADAM ARE SINNERS, ALIENATED FROM GOD (Rom.
2. IT IS THE
WILL OF GOD TO SAVE SINNERS. "He delighteth in mercy!" God has
decreed the salvation of some (Eph. 1:3-7). Christ came to save some (Matt.
3. HOWEVER,
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A HOLY, JUST, AND TRUE GOD TO SAVE ANY SINNER APART FROM
THE SATISFACTION OF JUSTICE (Heb. 9:22). He declares, "I will by no means
clear the guilty." I know that God is omnipotent and sovereign. He does
what he will! No one declares that glorious truth more fully, more frequently,
or more forcibly than I do. But God cannot do that which is contrary to his
nature. We do not rob God of his sovereignty when we repeat the declaration of
Scripture and say,"God cannot lie." Neither do we rob God of his
sovereignty when we assert this truth of Holy Scripture: God cannot forgive sin
without the satisfaction of justice. The holy, just, and true God must punish
sin.
4. THE ONLY
WAY THE JUSTICE OF GOD COULD EVER BE SATISFIED IS BY THE SUBSTITUTIONARY
SACRIFICE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (Rom.
5. IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD, IN HIS HOLINESS, TO PUNISH ANY SINNER FOR WHO'S SINS JUSTICE
HAS BEEN SATISFIED BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST (Isa. 53:11). He who satisfied
justice "shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be
satisfied!" That is to say, all for whom Christ died must be saved!
Satisfied justice demands the release of every prisoner for whom satisfaction
has been made!
Don Fortner