We are taking one more day looking at the biblical worldview concerning humanity. This is going to be a good one! The last several times we have looked at the fallenness of humanity and the consequences of sin. Now let’s look at the remedy of our sin. That is the good news of the Scriptures of what we call: the gospel.
In Ephesians 1:7 it says, “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.” Him refers to Jesus Christ. Here in a nutshell is the gospel message. We who are lost in sin, polluted, tainted, and corrupted by sin, all of us, have the privilege of being able to be saved by the blood of Jesus Christ.
What is the great need of humanity when we think about human nature? The greatest need is forgiveness and redemption. We need to be set free from our own sinfulness, and corruption in human nature. That can only be brought about because of what Jesus Christ has done to bring about redemption in our lives.
In 2 Corinthians 5:21 it says, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Not only do we have the forgiveness of sin, but we have been given the righteousness of God because of Jesus Christ. He is talking about Christians, believers, here. All who do not know Christ as their Savior are in great trouble when it comes to sin. They are still in bondage, corruption, pollution and are still lost in sin.
In Romans 6:23 it says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” We deserve what our wages are for sin which is death. We have seen that all along, all the way back to Genesis 3 where we saw that Adam and Eve would die and return to dust. The wages of sin, what we deserve for being sinful, rebellious people is physical death, spiritual death, and eternal death. Yet it says here, the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. That is a wonderful picture, isn’t it? We have an eternal life given to us as a gift from the Lord Jesus Himself! . . .
