"HE HIMSELF Bore Our Sins In HIS Body On The Tree".

An imaginary CHRIST will not 
bring a real salvation
(J.I. Packer, "The Puritan View of Preaching the Gospel")

"You are to give HIM the name JESUS, 
because HE will save HIS people 
from their sins." Matthew 1:21 

If we do not preach about sin and 
GOD'S judgment on it, we cannot 
present CHRIST as SAVIOR from sin 
and the wrath of GOD. And if we are 
silent about these things, and preach 
a CHRIST who saves only from 
the sorrows of this world--
then we are not preaching 
the CHRIST of the Bible. 

We are, in effect bearing false 
witness, preaching a false CHRIST, 
and our message is another gospel. 
Such preaching may soothe some, 
but it will help nobody; for a CHRIST 
who is not seen and sought as a 
SAVIOR from sin, will not be found 
to save from anything else.

An imaginary CHRIST will not 
bring a real salvation; and a half-
truth presented as the whole truth 
is a complete untruth.

He that has learned to feel his sins, 
and to trust CHRIST as his SAVIOR, 
has learned the two hardest and 
greatest lessons in Christianity.

"HE was delivered over to death 
for our sins and was raised to life 
for our justification." Romans 4:25 
"HE HIMSELF bore our sins in HIS 
body on the tree". 1 Peter 2:24
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If you desire additional reading, may we suggest James Smith's helpful short article, "A New Year's Address".