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His Atoning Sufferings
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46).
Often, we focus more on the physical sufferings of Christ than on those atoning sufferings endured at the hand of God when forsaken during those three hours of darkness. As good as it is for us to meditate of the Lord’s sufferings at the hand of man, we need to remember that none of those sufferings put away sin. Here are some verses to consider in connection with those sufferings that satisfied God as to the question of our sins, and on which we can rest our eternal salvation:
“He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).
“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).
“God … hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:20-21).
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