65 LEAVES vs. JESUS ​​VICTORIAL DEATH

 

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LEAVES vs. JESUS ​​VICTORIAL DEATH

When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they were overcome with guilt. They hid in a corner of the garden and tried to cover themselves with fig leaves.

THEN GOD MADE
GARMENTS OF
ABIMILE SKIN AND WORN THEM FOR ADAM
AND HIS WIFE.
Genesis 3:21

The leaves hid their shame, but to cover their sin, the old covenant required a sacrifice. It could be the sacrifice of an innocent animal or something else as we read in the Old Testament.

WHEN JESUS ​​DIED ON THE CROSS,
HE BORN OUR SIN, GUILT
AND
OUR SHAME SO THAT WE WOULD
NO LONGER HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES.
HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF OUT OF
LOVE FOR US
IN OUR PLACE

Under the new covenant, we must therefore put on Christ and accept His substitutionary death, and not believe in our own works.

BY THE GRACE OF GOD
YOU ARE SAVED THROUGH FAITH
IN CHRIST.
FOR FAITH DOES NOT COME FROM YOU, IT IS A GIFT FROM GOD.

SO SALVATION IS NOT A REWARD FOR THE GOOD THINGS
WE HAVE DONE,
SO THAT NO ONE HAS
HAVE
THEREOF.
GOD HAS MADE US WHAT WE ARE, NEW CREATIONS IN CHRIST
JESUS, TO LIVING A RIGHTEOUS LIFE, WHICH GOD
IN THE FIRST PLACE
WATERED
FOR US.

Eph. 2:8-9
By His substitutionary and atoning death on the cross, He provides the covering we need. The sacrificial animal was only a picture of the eternal Lamb of God, Jesus, whose death provided atonement for all who believe in Him.
If there is sin or shame in our lives, it can be cleared away by accepting Jesus Christ into our lives.

He alone can bring forgiveness and set us free from condemnation
CHRIST HAS REDEEMED US
FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW,
BY HE TOOK OUR SINS
ON HIMSELF, AND HIMSELF ENTERED
UNDER THAT CURSE.

FOR IT IS WRITTEN,
CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS
ON A TREE.

CHRIST DID THIS
SO THAT THE BLESSING
WHICH WAS GIVEN TO ABRAHAM
MIGHT NOW ALSO BE GIVEN
TO THE GENTILES, THAT WE ALL
THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS ​​CHRIST
MIGHT RECEIVE THE SPIRIT WHICH
GOD HAS PROMISED. Gal. 3:13-14