Three Common Errors - described briefly:
- Death has no Redeeming power ... life has redeeming power.
The life of the flesh is in the blood (Genesis 4:10) Redemption (or Atonement) (Leviticus 17:11)
is through the blood on the altar (Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; I Peter 1:18-19; Hebrews 9).
We are justified, forgiven, and more on the basis of the blood redemption (Romans 3:24-26)
Death is an enemy. Death is in the world because of Adam’s sin. Death indicates our mortality.
While death is necessary, especially the death of Jesus who was made sin for us and carried our sins and conquered death for us,
death does not redeem. As much as men can exalt Jesus’ death, the Bible nowhere gives death a redeeming power.
- Satisfaction: God gave the life’s blood upon the altar for atonement (Leviticus 17:11) and He never changed that. Jesus’ blood satisfied Him.
In Leviticus 17:11, God revealed what satisfied Him - the life’s blood. In this verse God gave the blood on the altar.
God’s satisfaction with the life’s blood was never altered. It carries to Jesus’ life’s blood ... see verses above.
We know about the shed blood and its importance,
Hebrews 9 describes how Jesus’ life’s blood is better than any animal’s blood shed for sin in the Old Testament.
God never asked for a payment.
No sacrifice form Moses’ Law to Jesus’ cross was ever accepted as a payment or even as a restitution..
- Romans 6:23a: is not part of the gospel.
Paul described the gospel in Romans Chapters 3-5 and explained in 5:12 that The Sin-Death corruption came upon all because of Adam’s sin.
Very few have committed a sin having the death penalty. Romans Chapter 6 gives the believer many reasons ont to sin.
The first reason given is that it does not increase grace. Almost the last reason is that sin pays wages, and they are costly to the sinner.
Moses, in Deuteronomy, encourages making the choice to walk in the way of life and blessing.
Walking in sin is walking in the ways of death and cursing.
We were all under the death penalty at our conception, because we were all conceived with Adam’s corrupted seed.
Other errors are made, so we must stay with God’s Bible Revelation
(Book 3: Chapter 4 has more on the subject of the Bible’s Gospel.)