Friday, May 11, 2007

By Himself




Hebrews 1:3 KJV
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
See the words "...by himself..."

Salvation is a work accomplished by Christ himself and with the help of no one else.

By himself...
Speaks of His power.
There is no power greater and no other power necessary than that of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is in no way ever short of the ability to save, or to do whatever He pleases.
There is no number of souls so great that Christ cannot save them by himself.
There is no sinner so terrible that Christ cannot save him by himself.
There is no age of mankind so wicked that Christ cannot save sinners in that age by himself.

By himself
Speaks of our inability
Lest we somehow think we have a part in our salvation the Bible assures us that we were purged by Christ himself. Alone. We did not merit that salvation. We did not aide in that salvation. Nothing we did attracted God's attention to save us. Nothing we said and no thought we had served alongside of Christ in our salvation.

Christ purged our sins by himself

By himself
Speaks of God's plan

What marvelous grace the Father bestowed upon us that He would even consider purging our sins. Our wickedness and our rebellious nature certainly would have justified God's destruction of us all. The history of man, known of God before the foundation of the world, affirms that we tend not only to take God's favor for granted, but to do spite to it. Even those of us who have heard His call and have been drawn towards Him so often trample on the goodness of God or resist the very Word of God.

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