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Show He took our. sin, we turn from .eur evil self unto Him, trusting alone' ill his .merits, crucifying the lusts of the flesh . , (selfishness, temper, etc.) by His SpiriL We partook of Adam's nature by the 'fall, so thru the. blood cmd sacrifice. of partake. of His Spirit and divine nature (IS made manifest in the Christ, who was and. is God Almiqhty In flesh. In His grace and power we find deliverance from evil. The fruit of true repentance which we bring forth in Christ is a life of riqhteousa.ess, as stated by the Apostle Paul,'" As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk in Him." 001. 2:6. God . we " . 'blood of an innocent animal sprinkled upon the altar. The animal was a type of substitution' of man and' his qUilt be fore GOd. The animal was olso in type of God who would take upon HimseU flesh and bear the sins of mankind. Christ who is God came to give His life for man because of His great love, that all who desire to return to God might' do so thru His blOod and sacri· fice of love. . ing into the world by all the prophets of old, that He would take upon Him self flesh and blood, (Isc. 9:6; Matt. 1 :22, 23; John 1:45) and make the atonement Cain desired as many do today to God in his own way, but God reiectecI Ccdn's offering, it not being the type of offering that God would make. We can plainly see thot anything con trary to God's way and' pattern laid down' for man will also be rejected. How great the importance to make known the way of God, and not what we believe about it. for the sin of man. Rom. 5: II. For four thousand years before His coming this plan was taught to mankind and types 'and shadows were used, that man might more fully understand the way of salvation and his, own helplessness to redeem himself. Blood was the type of the great sacrifice which God would make. No one could approach God for forgiveness 0[ 'sin, except thru the To fail to understand these two great to fail to recog nize the only foundation for man's sal vation. Man will not even desire solva tion until he knows why he needs a Savior. If man is in need of a Savior, it is because there is something wrong with man. Our first need is to know of our evil natures, our lost and fallen condiUon. Even our thoughts are evil 8 9 God planned and foretold His com serve fundamental truths is |
