An Accomplished Fact At A Particular Event

Q: What does the Bible say about Christ redeeming us?

The Bible states that Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (Galatians 3:13). According to Galatians 3:13, the Apostle Paul declares that Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, emphasizing that this redemption was accomplished by Christ alone. This passage highlights the idea that redemption involves being secured from loss, as Christ has bought us up from the curse that we were under due to failing to keep the law perfectly. This profound act is not dependent on our actions but is a completed fact—all the work was accomplished by Christ at the cross, securing our redemption without any assistance from us.

Q: How do we know that Christ's sacrifice was sufficient for our sins?

We know Christ's sacrifice was sufficient because He redeemed us from our sins according to God's will (Galatians 1:4). The sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice for our sins is illustrated in Galatians 1:4, where it states that Christ gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age. This act of redemption is rooted in God's overarching purpose and reflects the certainty that Christ's atoning work was complete. Not only did Christ secure our redemption, but He also fulfilled the law's demands on our behalf, meaning that all those who believe can rest assured that their sins have been fully atoned for, and they are no longer under the law's curse.

Q: Why is the concept of substitutionary atonement important for Christians?

Substitutionary atonement is crucial as Christ bore our curse, providing believers with redemption from sin (Galatians 3:13). The doctrine of substitutionary atonement is essential for Christians as it underscores the belief that Christ took our place, bearing our sins and their consequences. Galatians 3:13 articulates this by stating that Christ was made a curse for us, linking our redemption directly to His sacrificial death. This concept assures believers that they are freed from the law's curse, which they could never fulfill. Understanding this vital doctrine affects how Christians view their relationship with God—believers can approach Him with confidence, knowing that their sins have been dealt with fully by Christ through His redemptive work.

Sovereign Grace Chapel, located at 135 Annabel Lane in Beaver, West Virginia, invites you to listen to a gospel message concerning Jesus Christ our Lord. Welcome. to the broadcast for today. I want you to listen to an astounding declaration. It's a declaration, of course, from the Word of God, and it's a declaration about an accomplished fact at a particular event. That's my title, an accomplished fact at a particular event. Here's what Here's what I'm talking about. Here's the passage that I'm talking about.

Galatians chapter three, verse 13, where the apostle Paul was writing to the churches of Galatia. Verse 13 of chapter three. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. For it is written, curse it is everyone that hangeth on a tree.

What I want to do this morning is I want to emphasize the actual wording, not what men have said for hundreds of years, not what men say about it. but what the actual wording is. I have five points, if you will, or five thoughts to give you today. And four of them, the first four will be about the accomplished fact from the actual wording of the Apostle Paul. And the last one, number five, will be about the particular event. So number one, notice the actual wording.

Notice the accomplished fact Christ hath. That's the first two words I just wanna point out. Christ hath, and I emphasize that first, Christ hath, you see it? Christ hath. This accomplished fact at this particular point, which we will look at in just a moment, this accomplished fact was accomplished by one person, Now that's simple enough, isn't it?

I mean, the whole verse. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. All of the action here was by Christ. The benefit was toward his people, but all of the action here is by Christ. Christ hath.

So again, I say this accomplished fact that this particular event was accomplished by one person alone. He accomplished it without my help. He accomplished it without your help. As a matter of fact, he even, now listen to me, this is borne out in Psalms chapter 22 verses one through three, a prophecy in the Psalms about the Lord Jesus Christ and when he hung on that tree, when he hung on that very tree, it's talking about here, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree, he hung on that tree. And in the New Testament, the accounts of the writers who write about what he hung on that tree, says that he said these very words. Remember, he accomplished this without my help. He accomplished it without your help. He even accomplished it without the Father's help.

I can't explain that, but he said, and it's recorded in Psalm 22, one through three, and then recorded by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the ones that speak of this particular event at this time. He said, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He hung there and did this work alone.

That's the first thing. That's the first accomplished fact Christ hath. But here's the second one. Here's number two. Same words, but I emphasize the second word, Christ hath. Hath. Simple enough. I told you this was going to be about emphasizing actual words. Christ hath. We do not have to have a doctorate in English to understand that one word, do we? Hath. Christ, that's the one person, the only person. He did it alone. Christ hath. It's sure. That's what it means. That's what this, when I emphasize the actual wording, that's what it means. Christ, nobody else, nobody else did any of this. Christ alone, but Christ hath.

It's sure, it's certain, it's done. Now that's simple enough, but it's a simple statement about a very profound, very profound event in which some actual things were accomplished. Remember, an accomplished fact at a particular, Christ hath. It's certain, it's sure, it's done.

So far, so far, I mean, it's easy. You don't have to have a theology degree to understand this so far, do you? Christ hath, Christ hath. But let's move on, here's number three. Christ hath redeemed. Christ hath redeemed. Remember, Christ hath. Here's the third word, redeemed.

You know what that word means? It means bought up. Now not just bought, I've bought many things, I've bought things at the grocery store and then left them behind by mistake, by accident as we say. And never got them again, just kind of paid for them and because of my own failure and lack of concentration, just left them behind and either someone else got them or whatever, they're just gone, never got them.

But when Christ redeems, he redeemed. You see, Christ hath redeemed. Do you see it? Christ hath redeemed, that's the third one. He hath, he bought up, secured from loss. This is the meaning of the word redeemed in the Greek language. Bought up, secured from loss, purchased, and redeemed. Again, I emphasize, I used that illustration of the grocery store, he purchased it for himself. He actually secured it from loss. He bought it up and he brings it into his possession. That's the word for redeemed.

Quite simple. But it's very simple wording concerning a very profound thing. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Amazing language. For it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. So remember, Christ hath. Remember, it's Christ hath. And it is Christ hath redeemed.

But here's number four. Here's number four. Remember, these are four things that were accomplished. An accomplished fact. They all go together. You can't separate these four things. You can't say, well, the first one's true, but not the other three. Or the first couple's true, but the other two, maybe it's a, no. This all goes together.

Christ hath redeemed. But here it is. Here's it. Christ hath redeemed us. Kind of simple, isn't it? But yet it's profound. Christ hath redeemed us. Who are these? Us. That is a question. Now, I realize that there are people in this world, they're denominations, they're preachers. When they preach from the Bible, they preach as though all the Bible's written to everybody, but it's just not so. It's just not so. Paul writes here in the language, the actual wording is Christ hath redeemed us.

So who are these us? I want to know who they are. If I have any concern for my soul whatsoever, my desire should be this, I want to be one of those us. Now men can argue about their doctrine and how their particular denomination believes, but we're talking about the actual emphasizing of the actual words of the actual Apostle Paul when he actually was writing down the inspired scripture and we actually have it translated and given to us today.

Christ hath redeemed us. They are, that is these people are, for Christ hath redeemed them, now remember. He hath, Christ, hath redeemed us. They are those who Christ was made a curse for. Do you see the language? Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being. Do you see that? Being made. That's when he did it. And that's who he did it for. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. It is still simple. They are those who Christ was made a curse for. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for the same us. That's the question. Am I one of those us? Am I one of them? Or am I on the outside? Not everybody's included. And how do I know this? Well, look at who Paul wrote to. This letter is quite clear as to who he wrote to. But before I give you the passages, think about this.

So the past act of redeeming by Christ alone, and that's what Christ hath redeemed, So the past act of Christ redeeming us alone took place for all for whom he was made a curse for. That's the language. If any person, any preacher, any denomination, anybody tries to read into that anything else, they're coming up not with what God moved Paul to write, but their own opinion. And God said, my thoughts are not your thoughts. My ways are not your ways. Think of it.

So the past act of redeeming by Christ alone took place for all for whom he was made a curse when he was made a curse, because it says Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. Oh, and by the way, he was made a curse, no, being. Being made that's when he redeemed us from the curse of the law when he was made a curse. You see it for us It is astounding How straightforward How succinct God's Word is But how we by nature will me too me included will take this and twist it.

I twist it to our own desires, twist it to our own thoughts. People have even said, said to me personally, said to other preachers I know, well, I don't know much about the Bible, but I know what I think. That's bad news. If you care about your soul, then you want to know what God said.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse. Look at who these us are. He makes it clear, Paul chapter one, verses one and two. It's gonna be straightforward. Paul an apostle, not by men, not of men, pardon me, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead. So you'll see that the word from not all the way to dead are in parentheses. It's certainly there, it's a part of the thing, but he's kind of explaining Paul an apostle. Paul decided, I didn't become one of my own choice, my own will, wasn't up to me, it's up to God, now look, and all the brethren which are with me unto, do you see it? Unto the churches, not the region, the churches, those who've been called out by God. He's not talking about particular buildings. The church is not a building, the church is people. Unto the churches of Galatia, do you see it?

Chapter two, verse 16. This is who he's writing, here's the us. This is who he's writing to. Verse 16 of chapter two, knowing, here's who these us are. These people have been taught something. They've been taught by God according to Jesus Christ, John chapter six. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law. Now, not everybody knows that, but these us do. knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. That's the us. Chapter three, verses one through four. A little bit of sting in these words, but listen to what it says. This is the us, this is who he's writing to.

Oh foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you. Now, he's not saying that you were there at the crucifixion, but he's talking about when he came and preached the gospel to these people in this region of Galatia, and then churches, local assemblies were formed of gospel-called people. That preaching was as though they were seeing it in the real. as we would say, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you. This only would I learn of you.

Now here's this, here's who he's writing to. Received ye the spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? They're believers, just like he said in verse 16 of chapter two. Or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish, having begun? So here's the people that's begun something, They began believing, they began, sorry, or began believing. You see it? Are you so foolish, having begun in the spirit? Are you now made perfect by the flesh? Not only that.

We read in verses 11, this is what it says right before our text of Galatians 3.13, Galatians 3.11 and 12 says this, but that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident. Paul says this is clear, no argument, we're not debating it, it is evident, the just shall live by faith. He's quoting Habakkuk from the Old Testament. And the law is not a faith, so we're not talking about legalists.

Oh, they may have been at one time, but they're not now. The law is not of faith, but the man that doeth them shall live in them. If your desire is to try to get God's blessing and God's favor and make it to eternal glory by what you're doing according to the law, well, you stick with that, but you better do it. You better do it. Now look, and the law is not of faith, but the man that doeth them shall live in them.

Christ hath redeemed us. from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. I say glory be to God. Christ redeemed us long before we believed him. As a matter of fact, when Christ redeemed these people here in Galatia, they didn't even believe yet. And those of us who believe today, we didn't even exist when Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, but he already has redeemed us from the curse of the law.

Do you see that? That's what it says. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse. And by the way, he did this too. This is how he redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. So again, I say, Christ redeemed us long before we believed him.

And we believe that he did what God says he did. That's just the way it is. And here's where he did it. This is the place. I've talked about the accomplished fact. Let's talk about the particular event. Now that last thing, number five. Think about this.

Christ hath redeemed us. from the curse of the law. Now I could go on into more that he's actually redeemed those he redeemed from the law itself. But here we're talking about the curse of the law. When he hung on that tree, I can't explain this. I don't know how to, here the spotless, perfect lamb of God, yet as he hung on that tree was made a curse. Here he is perfect and yet a curse at the same time. I can't explain it, but I do believe the record God gave His Son. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.

So that's what it's all about. This is the accomplished fact. These are the facts, we could say, that was accomplished. Here's the particular event. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. So what I want to do now, we've looked at the accomplished fact, now we're looking at the particular event. This is where the fact took place.

It's not he made it possible for us to be redeemed later, if we do, if we believe. If we believe and repent. If we believe and are baptized. If we believe and repent and are baptized and join the church and on and it's not, there's none of that there. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. If I am redeemed, he did it by himself back then. or he did not do it for me at all.

It's one or the other. It's not about possibilities. It's not about offers. It's not about chances. It's not about your will or my will. It's about what did he do and who did he do it for? Am I one of them? Now, what is wrong with that? And here you got these people say, I don't like that election thing. I don't like that predestination thing. And yet you don't desire it more than anything else in the world. Why are you mad that God didn't choose you and predestinate you to something you hate anyway? Oh, but thank God he did for some folk. Because it's all up to God. Here's number five. As I said, here's the particular event.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. Here's the event, being made a curse for us. Four things in the remainder of the time I have here. Number one, Christ redeemed us from the law's curse of our not doing what we could not do in keeping the law. Now, that's a little convoluted, I realize, but here's what I'm talking about. Galatians 3, right before, just a few sentences before this, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, Paul wrote this in verse 10. For as many as are of the works of the law are under Do you see it? Are under the curse. For it is written, cursed is everyone that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. It's not about our best shot. It's not about our sincerity. It's not about putting your best foot forward, as we say. If you're seeking justification before God by the works of the law, you've got to do it all from start to finish.

Again, for as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written, this is what the law says about itself and those who are under it. Cursed is everyone that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them, but thank God there's a us. There's a us out there somewhere where it says, and of whom it speaks, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree.

So that's number one. Number two, Christ redeemed us from our sins. And I'm sticking right here with this letter. Christ redeemed this us, these us, this us from our sins. Chapter one, verse three, grace be unto you and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for or on account of our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world. And he has already done that inwardly through a work of grace. One day he will do that physically through his coming back and receiving all who are in Christ. who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world according to the will of God and our Father. So he, what did he, he redeemed us from our sins. And God purposed it this way. And that's the way Paul put it in chapter three.

Listen to verse 21. We talked about this law. Everybody who's under the law is under the curse, because if you haven't done everything right that the law says to do, and you haven't avoided everything that's wrong that the law says is wrong, you're under the curse. But now, thank God, there's some that have been redeemed from the curse, but listen, who are they? Here it is, verse 21, is the law then against the promise of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly or verily righteousness should have been by the law.

But the scripture hath concluded, now listen to the language. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. So there's a difference between all, okay, all concluded under sin, and them that believe. But before faith came, not we worked it up, Not with my faith is the gift of God, Ephesians chapter two, verses eight, nine, and 10. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up under the faith, which should afterwards be, what?

Revealed. He's gotta reveal it to you. He gotta give it to you, and then he's gotta reveal to you that you got it. And how does he do that? By preaching the truth of Jesus Christ and him crucified, and you begin to believe him. Can't help yourself. You just believe him. Look, wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith has come, we are no longer under the schoolmaster for a year all.

That's those who believe, not everybody in the world. for you're all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you has been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you're all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ, then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. So we see, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. Here's the event, being made a curse for us.

And he redeemed us from the very thing that we couldn't do, keep the law as it demands it must be kept. He redeemed us from our sins. God purposed it that way, and God revealed it that way. And that's what we see clearly in chapter three. And verse 13, listen to what it says. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. And he hung there for these us. He hung there for these people. God revealed it that way.

Verse 14, that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ. that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through God's gift. Now I know I read that, but through what? Faith. That's God's gift. Here's the question. Do I believe Christ accomplished what God said he accomplished? There's the question.

Do I believe that? Do I believe this record? Do you believe that record? I'm not asking you do you believe, I am not asking you do you believe Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived a perfect life, died on the cross to make salvation possible, was buried, rose again, and went back to heaven. I'm not asking you that. I'm asking you do you believe the record God gave the Son? And this is the record.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Do you believe, do I believe Christ accomplished what God said he accomplished when he was made a curse on the accursed tree? I've said it so many times, it is so simple. It is that simple, yet it is so impossible for us. You remember the disciples asked our Lord one time, Lord, Who then can be saved?

And the reference was back to a young man when Christ said, well, keep the commandments. He said, don't do this, don't do that, don't do this. And he said, well, all that have I done from my youth up. But even he understood, he said, what lack I yet? And Christ said, go sell everything you got. Followed me he went away.

What sorrowful and the disciples said who then can be saved you know what Christ said with men? Salvation with man it is impossible That's what Christ says With men it is impossible but with God All things are possible. That's where it stands in God's hand. Amen

An Accomplished Fact At A Particular Event

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Why is the concept of substitutionary atonement important for Christians?

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What does the Bible say about Christ redeeming us?

How do we know that Christ's sacrifice was sufficient for our sins?

Why is the concept of substitutionary atonement important for Christians?

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