GOSPEL TRACTS
Christ’s Redemption – Unlocking the Mystery of the Life
and Death of the God-man
I. Who is Christ?
Matthew 16:16 says, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Christ is the Savior sent by God to the world to solve the problem of human life.
Colossians 2:9 says, “For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” He is God incarnated, tabernacled among us, full of grace and reality.
Thus, He is the complete God, and the perfect man!
He is better than the good man! He is greater than great men!
He is higher than the moral man! He is holier than holy men! He is a God-man!
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior of mankind. When man calls on His name, believes in Him, Christ as the living Spirit will enter into him, transforming his life. He will turn your emptiness into reality, darkness into light, weakness to strength, fear to courage, and sadness to joy.
II. The Death of the God-man
Ephesians 1:7 says, “In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of offenses, according to the riches of His grace.” This God-man was crucified on the cross; He accomplished the work of redemption. In His death, He died in three status:
1) As the Lamb of God, He takes away the sin of the world.
2)As the bronze serpent that had been lifted up, His death destroys the ancient serpent – Satan, and dealt with the serpentine poison in man – sin.
3)As the grain of wheat, His death releases God’s divine life.
Now:
His death has taken away the sin which man has but should not have! His death imparts into man the life which man should have but does not have!
Christ is the Passover lamb.
The best illustration of God’s redemptive work is seen in Christ becoming God’s Passover Lamb. God commanded the Israelites to kill the lamb, and to apply the blood on the doorposts of the house. At midnight, the Angel of God passed through that land, executing His judgments on that land. All the houses without blood on the doorposts, will have the firstborn of that household killed. All the houses that are under the covering of the blood will escape destruction.
Christ’s death on the cross bear the judgment of God upon sin.
When Christ was crucified on the cross, He is the sinless Son of God. However, He was forsaken by God; He was judged by God not for His own sin but for the sin of the entire mankind.
Christ’s blood speaks for man, bringing peace to man.
The Bible says, The blood of Christ is speaking for us, much like the lawyer who defends the defendant in court. Through this blood God was appeased because His righteous demand was satisfied. When God is appeased, our conscience will also be at peace. When God forgives man of his sins, he forgets our sins. People who believed in Christ’s redemption are being cleansed, justified, purified, and forgiven in God’s eyes; they are even without blemish, undefiled.
