Acts 10:34-43  

As the Lord allows, this coming Lord’s Day morning I will continue our series of “Bible Doctrines” with another sermon in the area of “Christology” (that is the doctrine of Christ.)

This week, we will look at the purpose of God in having Jesus live in this world for thirty-something years as a man. Certainly, the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ are the three most important aspects of his earthly life; but, there is more to God’s plan of redemption that just these three things!

It takes more than “just” forgiveness to save a soul. If all we do is become sinless, we will be in the same place as Adam and Eve before the fall; without sin charged against us, but also without God’s righteousness which is absolutely essential for entrance into God’s Kingdom! Therefore, Jesus not only had to die for our sins, He had to live a sinless life in perfect obedience to the Laws of God in order that those two requirements for entrance into God’s presence can be imputed to us!

There are four specific facts about this that I want to cover carefully in this week’s sermon:

First, the glorious fact is that Jesus can indeed die for our sins because He had none of His own for which to atone! We will look at several New Testament passages which affirm this fact. He knew no sin, so God IMPUTED our sins to Him and IMPUTED His sinlessness to us!

Please take careful note that these blessings are IMPUTED to us, not IMPARTED to us. We do not become sinless, but God accounts us as being sinless. Our sins are placed on Jesus’ account and His sinlessness is placed on our account!

Second, since we also lack the positive righteousness that God demands of those who would enter His Kingdom, the righteousness of Jesus is IMPUTED to us when we repent of our sins and trust Him as our Savior!

Third, while we continually break the Laws of God, Jesus perfectly obeyed them and His obedience is also accounted to (IMPUTED) to us!

Fourth and Finally, the IMPUTATION of the sinlessness and the righteousness of Jesus Christ to our account before God is the single and solitary basis of our acceptance by Him – and, the reason that Jesus Christ is the single and solitary way by which anyone can be saved!

Here are some key verses in addition to our text over which you will want to read and pray before the sermon this Sunday: John 8:44-47; 2^nd Corinthians 5:21; Genesis 15:6; Romans 5:19; and, Philippians 3:8-9.

I hope to see you Sunday with your Bible in your hand, a smile on your face, and your family and friends by your side!