Holiness, Godliness, Usefulness
06/17/2014, by John Kincaid
Lesson 270: His Robes For Mine, Pt.4
The 3rd verse of the hymn “His Robes for Mine” describes propitiation. Christ didn’t just shield us by deflecting God’s wrath; Christ absorbed God’s wrath in our place.
Jesus Christ endured God’s infinite wrath of against sin, satisfying God’s wrath. This enabled sinners to be forgiven while upholding God’s justice.
The propitiation of Christ is received by faith; God is both just and justifier. Rom.3:25-26
God sees the suffering of Christ’s soul and is satisfied by it. God's wrath has been exhausted on Christ.
1 John 2:2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Verse 3: His robes for mine: God’s justice is appeased.
Jesus is crushed, and thus the Father’s pleased.
Christ drank God’s wrath on sin, then cried “Tis done!” Sin’s wage is paid; propitiation won.
Isa.53:10-11 it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Hymn text by Chris Anderson, Copyright 2008 churchworksmedia.com
About This Series
The goal of this series is to become more useful in serving the Lord Jesus Christ, as an instrument in the Redeemer's hand. The theme verses for the series are Ephesians 4:22-24, Philemon 11, 2 Timothy 2:21
- to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
- and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.
- Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.