{"id":7079,"date":"2018-07-22T07:37:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T11:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=7079"},"modified":"2018-07-22T07:40:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T11:40:19","slug":"god-declared-an-end-to-sins-control-over-us-by-giving-his-son-as-a-sacrifice-for-our-sins-he-did-this-so-that-the-just-requirement-of-the-law-would-be-fully-satisfied-for-us-who-no-longer","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/god-declared-an-end-to-sins-control-over-us-by-giving-his-son-as-a-sacrifice-for-our-sins-he-did-this-so-that-the-just-requirement-of-the-law-would-be-fully-satisfied-for-us-who-no-longer","title":{"rendered":"“God declared an end to sin\u2019s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit” (Romans 8:3-4 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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GOD’S LOVE AND LAW FULLY SATISFIED IN CHRIST!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What is the “just requirement of the law?” It is that those who cannot keep it must die. For the wages of sin is death (Rom. 3:23). God sent His Son to “fully satisfy” the law by dying in our place, taking the penalty of death that we deserved. Jesus alone has kept the law, yet He gave Himself as a sacrifice for our sins. So now, we that believe in Jesus, are set free from death and the power of the sin nature. Having been set free from sin, we are empowered to follow the Spirit. Jesus took upon Himself our sin, separation, and death. And He offers in exchange His righteousness, Sonship and eternal life. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Jesus has fully satisfied both God’s love and law, for both are intermingled at the cross of Christ. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOD’S LOVE AND LAW FULLY SATISFIED IN CHRIST!
\nWhat is the “just requirement of the law?” It is that those who cannot keep it must die. For the wages of sin is death (Rom. 3:23). God sent His Son to “fully satisfy” the law by dying in our place, taking the penalty of death that we deserved. Jesus alone has kept the law, yet He gave Himself as a sacrifice for our sins. So now, we that believe in Jesus, are set free from death and the power of the sin nature. Having been set free from sin, we are empowered to follow the Spirit. Jesus took upon Himself our sin, separation, and death. And He offers in exchange His righteousness, Sonship and eternal life. <\/p>\n

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