The Great Exchange (Foreword by Sinclair Ferguson): My Sin for His RighteousnessBelievers often take for granted the great act of salvation provided to us by the work of Jesus Christ. Beginning with the Old Testament sacrifices and the prophecies that foreshadowed Christ, authors Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington guide believers through the biblical overview of Christ's atonement. The Great Exchange helps believers see how the Old Testament practices tie in with the New Testament discussion of Christ's great work of salvation. As believers work through these principles, they will begin to recognize that even though we deserve condemnation and punishment from a holy God, he has given us the opportunity to experience his great riches through his Son, Jesus Christ. The clear gospel message presented throughout the entire book offers a great appreciation of Christ for believers and an opportunity for salvation for unbelievers. |
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... body have one life. This is a great, sacred, and glorious mystery, one to be further explored in chapter 7. But for now, let it suffice to say that none of this is possible apart from the atoning work of Jesus Christ, the perfect ...
... body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. (Deut. 21:22–23a) To get a context for that passage, we must travel all the way back to the garden of Eden. In Genesis ...
... body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24a). There, on that tree, Christ bore our curse. Christ became a curse, not because of the cross, but because God “made him to be sin” for our sake (2 Cor. 5:21). Thus, the cause of the curse was the sin ...
... body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before [God]” (Col. 1:21–22). “Holy,” “blameless,” and “above reproach” are words that describe Christ's own righteousness—a righteousness in ...
... body was carried outside the camp to be burned in a public place. There, fire, symbolic. a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. (Heb. 9:15) The Inadequacies of the Old Covenant ...