Download or read book The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Vol. 52 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-10 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Vol. 52: January, March, May, 1852 The efficacy of Christ centres in his death. Christ must die because the flesh is the seat of sin. (galat. V. 17, 19; Rom. Viii. 3; vii. 18, 23, Christ by his death kills sin in the flesh. (rom. Vi. 3, 6; viii. This one death of Christ is made available and sufficient for all men through faith. (rom. V. 18, 19; 2 Corin. V. In explaining this point, Paul uses the most extra ordinary language. Christ, he says, is made a curse for us. (galat. Iii. He that seeks justification by the works of the law falls under a curse, because he can not adequately perform them. Christ takes upon him self the penalty which the law decrees to sin, and so bears the curse that others had drawn down. Christ is sacrificed for us. (1 Corin. V. 7; and especially see Rom. Iii. This last passage implies that Jesus was oi feted to God as a bloody sacrifice to propitiate his jus tice. And yet the Apostle expressly states that it is we who are reconciled to God, not God who is reconciled to us. (rom. V. 10; 2 Corin. V. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.