Jesus, Our Substitute 替罪的耶稣

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Mar 30, 2024, 8:10:36 PM3/30/24

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Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:18

A wealthy twenty-year-old was drag-racing with his friends when he struck and killed a pedestrian. Although the young man received a three-year prison sentence, some believe that the man who appeared in court (and who subsequently served a prison sentence) was a hired surrogate for the driver who committed the crime. This type of thing has been known to occur in some countries where people hire body doubles to avoid paying for their crimes.

This may sound scandalous and outrageous, but more than two thousand years ago, Jesus became our substitute and “suffered once for [our] sins, the righteous for the unrighteous” (1 Peter 3:18). As God’s sinless sacrifice, Christ suffered and died once and for all (Hebrews 10:10), for all who believe in Him. He took the penalty for all our sins in His own body on the cross. Unlike a person today who chooses to be a substitute for a criminal to get some cash, Christ’s substitutionary death on the cross provided “hope” for us as He freely, willingly gave His life for us (1 Peter 3:15, 18; John 10:15). He did so to bridge the chasm between us and God.

May we rejoice and find comfort and confidence in this profound truth: Only by the substitutionary death of Jesus can we—sinners in need—have a relationship with and complete spiritual access to our loving God.

By: Marvin Williams

How has Christ’s substitutionary death changed your life? What does it mean for you to have access to God and eternal life because of Jesus' death on the cross?

Dear Jesus, thank You for dying in my place so that I might have access to God.

因基督也曾一次为罪受苦，就是义的代替不义的，为要引我们到上帝面前。按着肉体说，祂被治死；按着灵性说，祂复活了。—彼得前书3章18节

一名20岁的富家子弟与朋友飙车时，不慎撞死了一名路人。虽然他后来被判了3年徒刑，但有些人认为，出现在法庭受审，并继而入狱服刑的那名男子，其实是肇事者花钱找来替他顶罪的人。这种花钱找人顶罪的做法，在某些国家时有所闻。

找人顶罪的做法，听起来可耻且令人发指，但两千多年前耶稣也代替我们“为罪受苦，就是义的代替不义的”（彼得前书3章18节）。做为上帝全然无罪的祭物，基督藉着一次献上自己，使凡相信祂的人永远圣洁（希伯来书10章10节）。基督在十字架上，用自己的身体承担了我们犯罪所应受的刑罚。现今有些人愿意帮犯罪的人顶罪，是为了赚钱，但基督代替我们死在十字架上，是因为祂甘愿白白地为你我牺牲生命，好让我们得着“盼望”（彼得前书3章15、18节；约翰福音10章15节）。耶稣这么做是为了弥合我们和上帝之间的鸿沟。

唯有藉着耶稣替全人类受死，我们这些亟需拯救的罪人才能与这位慈爱的上帝建立关系，并能毫无阻碍地来到祂面前。愿这宝贵的真理能使我们欢喜快乐，并得到安慰与信心。作者： 魏马文

基督为你受死的真理如何改变你的生命？
基督死在十字架上，使你能来到上帝面前并得永生，对你有何意义？