The Lamp of God was slain before the foundation of the world. Indeed
Jesus Christ was crucified before beginning began. In short essays of A.W. Tozer in the book
titled 'The radical cross, 2005 Edition' put it this way; “The Cross did not change God, “I am the Lord, I change not” (Malachi 3:6). The work of Christ on the cross did not influence
God to love us, did not increase that love by one degree, did not open any
fount of grace or mercy in His heart. He had loved us from old eternity and
needed nothing to stimulate that love. The cross is not responsible for God's
love; rather it was His love which conceived the cross as the one method by
which we could be saved. God felt no different toward us after Christ had
died for us, for in the mind of God, Christ had already died before the foundation
of the world. God never saw us except through atonement. The human race could
not have existed one day in its fallen state had not Christ spread His mantle
of atonement over it. And this He did in eternal purpose long ages before they
led Him out to die on the hill above Jerusalem. All God's dealings with man
have been conditioned upon the cross”.
We thank God Almighty for; He always sees us through Him, Jesus Christ
alone. Really He is our atonement to God, our atoning sacrifice through faith
in His precious blood.
Glory! be to God in the holy name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
#BelieveHimHeWillGetYouThrough
~ Ref: 1 Peter 1:20, Revelation 13:8, Hebrews 13:20, Romans 3:25,
Hebrews 9:12,
A.W. Tozer; The Radical Cross, Christian publications edition 2005.
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