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Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and…
Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and that he undertook to accomplish by himself the eternal redemption of sinners also, that the Lord Jesus addressed himself to this work, with undeniable demonstrations that he performed the same : objections to the contrary answered / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1675
LIGHT for them that sit in DARKNESS. › Christ took upon him our Sins.
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This therefore showeth us how effectually Christ Jesus undertook the Work of our Redemption. He was made to be sin for us. Sin is the great block and bar to our happiness; sin is the Procurer of all miseries to men both here and for ever. Take away sin, and nothing can hurt us; for death Temporal, death Spiritual, and death Eternal is the Wages of sin, Rom. 6. 23.
This therefore sheweth us how effectually Christ Jesus undertook the Work of our Redemption. He was made to be sin for us. Sin is the great block and bar to our happiness; sin is the Procurer of all miseries to men both here and for ever. Take away sin, and nothing can hurt us; for death Temporal, death Spiritual, and death Eternal is the Wages of sin, Rom. 6. 23.
Sin then, and man for Sin, is the Object of the Wrath of God. If the Object of the Wrath of God, then is his Case most dreadful; for who can bear, who can grapple with the Wrath of God! Men cannot, Angels cannot, the whole World cannot. All therefore must sink under sin, but he who is made to be sin for us; he only can bear sins, he only can bear them away; and therefore were they laid upon him. The Lord laid upon him the Iniquities of us all, Isa. 53.
Mark therefore, and you shall find, that the Reason why God made him to be sin for us, was, That we might be made the Righteousness of God in him. He took our Flesh, he was made under the Law, and was made to be sin for us; that the Devil might be destroyed, that the Captives might be redeemed, and made the Righteousness of God in him.