John Oswalt Analysis

God gave men the free will to elect their own salvation. There is no sin until it is actually committed. Sin was now considered a voluntary act. It also consists of a change of heart, which revived the concept of limited atonement. Christ did not die for only a select few predestined elect, but for whosoever will accept God’s offer of salvation. Personal commitment also involved an active and useful Christian life in which individual action brings the kingdom closer.

Through Christ we are free from sin and we are free from the judgment's that men try to put upon us.

Jesus is, as the Messianic Servant, shown to be the fulfilment of further Isaianic prophecy, that of the suffering Servant. Throughout Matthew’s gospel there are six direct allusions to Isaiah 53 indicating a definite link and identification by Matthew with this Israelite and Messianic hope. Further, Farmer suggests that direct allusions notwithstanding in 20:20-28 and especially 26:26-30 Isaiah 53's redemptive hope is supposed to be fulfilled through Jesus’ description of the outcome of his crucifixion.

Thus, we cannot live in sin any longer and we cannot live under the Law any longer, which is the strength of sin. Being dead to the Law, we are not “guided by the Law” but by the Spirit, we are to walk in and “according to the Spirit” and it is “by the Spirit” that we to “put to death the deeds of the body”—John 8:31-36; John 14:15-26; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, 56; Romans 5; 6; 7; 8; 1 Corinthians 5:11-13; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Galatians 2:19-20; Galatians 3; Galatians 5:16-26; Galatians 6:14-16; Ephesians 4; Philippians 3; Colossians 1:3-29; Colossians 2; 3:1-17; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; 1 Timothy 1:8-10; 1 John 1; 2; 3,

The result of sin is death. In order to appease the punishment for sin, blood had to be shed. Not any blood, but the blood of a perfect, spotless lamb. Apart from Christ, believers are without hope, they are lost in their sin, and destined to an eternity in Hell. But God, rich in love and mercy, sent His one and only son, Jesus Christ, 100% man and 100% God down to earth. Christ lived on earth and was tempted and tested in every human way, yet without sin. He was turned over to the hands of ruthless men and killed. He was abused, beaten, and crucified for the sake of the elect. God poured out His wrath onto His Son on the cross. Christ took upon Himself the wrath of God for all who would simply look to Him in

II. Main Point 2. God tells us in 1 John 1: 9“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” And again in 2 Corinthians 5:17“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.”

Throughout the course of history, the goal and/or objective of Gods incarnation as Jesus the Christ was for the redemption of humanity (Gal.4:4, 5). The bible tells us that He "gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity" (Titus 2:14), so that the mechanism by which our redemption is accomplish is fully understood to be by the blood of Jesus (I Peter 1:18, 19; Rev.5:9). Accordingly, the word of God tell us that as sinners we are servants to sin (John 8:34; Rom. 6:17) and that we need to be redeemed with a price; and that this price is the blood of the Jesus Christ (I Peter 1:18, 19; Rev.5:9). So I believe that in Christ "we have redemption through His blood" (Eph.1:7) and that without his blood there is no remission of

1) Under the law, all people are condemned (1:18-3:20) All humanity is condemned for its repentance (1:18-32) Particularly, God shows his wrath by giving over humanity to do as humanity wants to show that they need God to lead them.

John Piper gives several reasons for why we as Christians believe that the Son became human without ceasing to be God. The first is brought up in verse 14. It states that the Word “dwelt among us.” So if the Word is God, and the Word dwelt among us, the that means Christ was still one hundred percent God and also man. This is the reason shown in Matthew 1:23 when the angel states that the child born of a virgin’s name will be called “Immanuel,” which means God with us. When the Word became flesh, it did not cease to be God, the Son’s name means that God his here, dwelling among us. The second reason is also in verse 14. It states that “We have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” He goes on to specify what the meaning of “as,” actually is. Some try to say that “as,” refers to simply being like or similar to the Son of the Father. However, when it says “as,” it is saying that it really is the Son.

The foolish Galatians thought that they could only be saved through works, but the Bible tells us that we are the Law of Moses is dead to us and we are saved by faith alone. The text connects to today because we must be encouraged to trust the Holy Spirit to place in us the fruits and leave our sinful nature on the cross. Some aspects of sin that are similarities that we have with the biblical audience are impurity, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, drunkenness and wild parties among others. Sin has not disappeared and it never will until the return of Christ.

There is also the so-called Moses law! Deut. 27.1; Heb.10, 28. It is summed up by the phrase: the wages of sin is death. And it is this law that Christ came to fulfill the cross.

One of the biggest question Christians are often faced with is how could God let all the hurt and death in the world happen. The answer that most people do not realize is that it is sin that is responsible for the trials that plague humanity. Sin being the rebellion against God’s will using his creation for a purpose that he did not intend. Since sin was allowed to enter the world because of Adam and Eve, Humanity has been faced with its spiritual and physical implications. The curse of hard work and painful labor are the lessor results of sin. The biggest effect of sin is spiritually breaking the constant communion humanity once had with God. The good news is that although God is not responsible for the sin created by humanity, He is responsible for the redemption from it. Since before Adam and Eve were given the free will to choose him or not, He has been planning a way to return humanity back to the harmony it once had in the Garden of Eden. God is truly the creator and redeemer of humanity, because he made humanity for a purpose that they ultimately did not follow and yet he still brought his creation back to him.

We don't know much about the suffering servant except that he was a man whom no one wanted to be around with. What we really don't know is exactly who he is. Personally, I, along with many other people, believe that he is the Messiah. In Isaiah 53:4-5, we read, "Yet it was our pain that he bore, our sufferings he endured... He bore the punishments that make us whole, by his wounds we were healed." I believe that this passage shows how the suffering servant is mistreated for the way we immorally act, as well as by the sins we commit. After reading this I came to believe that this man, whose name nobodies definitely knows, gave up everything in order to save us. I now think that this is how we should act towards others. We don't necessarily have to give up our lives, but we should be able to give up smaller things, like missing out on a new tv episode, or playing games for a shorter amount of time, in order to help someone. An example of this would be me seeing my dad outside mowing the lawn, I'm not doing anything important so I decide to put down my controller go outside to help

Even though we were sinful and the things man did displeased God, He still loved us, so He sent His Son to die for your sins. “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Jesus died for our sins, He was buried, and was raised on the third day “(1Corinthians 15:3-4). Then asked if you would like to receive God’s forgiveness, how wonderful it is to know that even though we were

For God to become a man was humbling, but Jesus was willing to go even further. Jesus chose to live the life as a servant. Jesus