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Every sinful person who was ever saved from God's holy wrath and righteous justice was saved only because
of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, 'I am the way, and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father, but
through Me' (John 14:6). As already mentioned, the word gospel means 'good news.' The
good news is not what we must do to be saved, but that Christ has reconciled to God sinners such as
ourselves. Only Christ's sinless life, perfect obedience, substitutionary death, resurrection and ascension
are able to answer all of God's holy attributes and satisfy all that God requires in saving sinners.
Christ is able to do this because He is the infinite God-man. He is truly God and truly man. As God, Jesus
is perfectly sinless. His delight is to do all of God's law and He has hidden it in His heart (Psalm 40:7-8). While on earth Jesus was so delighted in keeping His
Father's commands that He said, 'My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work'
(John 4:34).
As true man, Jesus was born under the law and kept it perfectly. He did this not only for Himself, but for
us as our representative, so that His obedience could be counted as our righteousness (Romans 5:19, II Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:9).
As God, Christ has the power of an indestructible life (Hebrews 7:16). Therefore, He is able to satisfy God's entire wrath against
our sin without being destroyed. As true man, Jesus is able to die on the cross in our place, taking upon Him
all the guilt and punishment for our sins that God's justice requires (II Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:13, Romans 3:23-26).
Because He is both truly God and truly man, He alone is able to save sinners. Christ alone can pay the
price to redeem us by taking our sins upon Himself and clothing us in His perfect obedience, causing us to be
holy and blameless in God's sight (I Corinthians 1:30-31, II Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 5:25-27, Jude 24-25). He has done everything necessary for sinners to be righteous
before God and treated to every spiritual blessing in heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3).
Jesus perfectly kept all that the holy law requires, thus fulfilling God's righteousness. He satisfied
God's justice by dying under God's just wrath in our place. In doing this, Jesus didn't merely make salvation
possible if we do the right things. On the contrary, He has redeemed sinners from eternal death and
everlasting judgment, reconciling them to God (Matthew 1:21, Mark 10:45, Luke 19:10, John 17:1-3). Truly, this is good news!
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