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He
Came To Save
By Rev.
Kenneth E. Hagin
"And she shall
bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save
his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21).
The first step in
redemption was Christ's identification with our humanity.
This took place in
His Incarnation. Christ was made flesh (John 1:14). Hebrews 2:14 says,
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he
also himself likewise took part of the same...."
But at the time of
His Incarnation, Jesus did not partake of the nature that reigned in the
spirit of man. Had He done so then, He would have been spiritually dead
during His earthly ministry!
Then He could not
have pleased the Father by doing His own will. No, His identification
with the spirit nature of man didn't take place until His crucifixion.
There God actually
made Jesus Christ to become sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21). Our sin nature
itself was laid upon Jesus Christ until He became all that spiritual
death had made man.
In the mind of
God, it was not Jesus Christ who hung on the cross; it was the human
race who hung there. Therefore, each of us may say with Paul, "I was
crucified with Christ."
Confession:
Because Jesus came to save me from my sins, I can claim Galatians 2:20,
which says: "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,
but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for
me."
(Taken by permission from
RHEMA Bible Church , aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Tulsa , OK , USA.
www.rhema.org )
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