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Study Resources :: Text Commentaries :: F.E. Marsh :: Readings 401-450 (The Death - Three)
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F.E. Marsh :: 401. The Death of Christ

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THE pith and power of the Gospel are the death and resurrection of Christ. The former is its pith, and the latter is its power. The death of Christ is-

  1. Real as to its Occurrence. “Christ that died” (Rom. 8:34). “Christ died” (Rom. 14:15; 1 Cor. 8:11). Towering o’er the wrecks of time, there is one fact that shines out in unmistakable reality, and that is, the death of Christ.
  2. Substitutionary in its Character. “Christ died for the ungodly,” “Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:6-8). Christ was acting on our behalf that He might protect us from the consequence of sin in dying in our stead.
  3. Definite in its Work. “He died unto sin once” (Rom. 6:10). “Christ died for our sins” (1 Cor. 15:3). His death had distinct relation to our sin. He died to bear away our sins, and to be judged for our sin.
  4. Freeing in its Aim. “He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again” (2 Cor. 5:15). In the death of Christ we have the magnet which draws us from self to Himself.
  5. Practical in its Purpose. “To this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living” (Rom. 14:9). He died that He might gain us, and now we are His absolute property.
  6. Assurance of Future Glory. “Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him” (1 Thess. 5:10). The blood-red mark of Christ’s cross is stamped on every certificate of heaven.
  7. Guarantee that our loved ones, who have fallen asleep, shall be with us in Christ’s coming glory. “If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him” (1 Thess. 4:14). There is one ray that shall make the golden glory of Christ’s splendour bear a rosy tint, and that is the red light of Calvary.




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