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NASB | 1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 15:21 For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come. |
Subject: The ransom - God or man? |
Bible Note: The fact that Jesus is the one that volunteered to be the Christ and that God agreed to send him does not mean he the only one that could have been the ransom. Of course, once this decision was made and Jesus accomplished his father's will, there is no need of another. This was no simple matter. It involved a free-willed being submitting himself to a life of the ultimate in sacrifice to the Creator. The risk always exists, as it did with Adam, Satan and the demon angels, that God's perfect creatures might choose to stop serving him. This possibility had to exist for the Messiah to accomplish what was necessary. If just a death of a perfect man was required to exact justice for Adam's death, why the pain and suffering? If not the possibility of failure, why the pain and suffering? To answer Satan's charges and to meet divine justice, the ransom had to be a perfect human, no more and no less! This is profound truth, but yet beautifully simple. The wisdom, mercy and love in this awesome provision is motivating. We can exercise faith in Jesus' ransom, obey his teachings and prove Satan a fiendish liar too. Now, your life and mine take on true meaning and purpose. Thus the power of the truth only found in God's word. |