What Christ's Death Accomplished?

It was not only necessary that Christ SUFFER in the place of undeserving sinners, but that He also DIE in the place of undeserving sinners. The GUILT of our sin is certainly paid by Christ in SUFFERING for His elect. But the PENALTY of our sin is paid by Christ in DYING for His elect.

The Scripture teaches that the wage we earn for the sin that we commit against God is DEATH: PHYSICAL DEATH (which is the separation of the spirit from the body), SPIRITUAL DEATH (which is the separation of man from God), and ETERNAL DEATH (which is eternal separation from God in hell). From the very first man, Adam, the human race has one and all (except for Christ) earned this wage of death: from the youngest to the oldest, from the poorest to the wealthiest, from the weakest to the strongest, from the least educated to the most educated. Had Jesus only suffered on the cross and miraculously come down from the cross, the work of redemption would not have been complete. It was also necessary that Jesus die for us as well as suffer for us. The death of God’s people is no longer a curse to you any longer; it is rather a door to you into the very presence of your Savior. For Jesus Christ by His death has removed death as a curse to all of His people.

There are three aspects concerning the death of Christ that I would have us consider today: (1) Christ Committed His Spirit to His Father at His Death; (2) Christ Ransomed His People in His Death; (3) Christ Bequeathed an Inheritance to His Bride by His Death.