Hello everyone.

I will continue today on the lecture on

substitution.

We will first read in Romans chapter 5 verse 12. “Wherefore,

as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”

During this time regarding the substitution, one of the things

the Lord gave in this Word is the union between us and the
Lord Jesus Christ. Within substitution is union. Within
substitution, there is the meaning of the union between man
and the Lord Jesus Christ. In Romans chapter 5 verse 12, Jesus
said every person is responsible for sin in Adam and they die
because of the sin of Adam. In other words, the responsibility
of sin came to us in Adam. This is saying they died after the sin
of Adam and they received salvation through Christ. Also in
Romans chapter 5 verse 19 that we know very well, “For as by
one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”Many
became sinners by one man’s disobedience. Likewise, many
became righteous by one man’s obedience. Now, to explain
this, all of mankind was in Adam and Adam’s corruption
became everyone’s corruption. That is what the Bible is
saying. Adam’s corruption became everyone’s corruption.
Everyone in Christ, when the Lord died, they all died. What is
this? It was done together. The Lord and we united. This
substitution talks about how we are together.

Let’s go over to Romans chapter 6. There is a wonderful word.

Why don’t we read chapter 6 verse 3? “Know ye not, that so
many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death?” The parts that you should see here in verse 3
are the parts on “into”. “Many of us as were baptized into
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death.” We were together
with him. Next is verse 4, “By baptism into death.” It says
“into” again. “We are buried with him.”The words “into” and
“with him” are speaking of union. Verse 5, “For if we have
been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be
also in the likeness of his resurrection.”It said they are
together. If we are together in the likeness of the death of
Jesus, we are also together in the likeness of his resurrection.
If we are together in the likeness of death, we are also
together in the likeness of the resurrection. This is what this is
saying. If we continue on with this word until verse 8, it says
here, “Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall
also live with him.”It says “with him”. Let’s settle this. It’s
saying that we are in Christ. We are a part of the Lord and we
are one with the Lord. That is why we are identified with the
Lord.

Next, just as we were in Adam, we are in Christ. We became

sinners in Adam and just as we were in Adam, we are in Christ.
If you look in 1Corinthians chapter 15 verse 22, these parts are
told to us very clearly. It’s a great word on the resurrection.
Let’s look at 1Corinthians chapter 15 verse 22. It’s
1Corinthians chapter 15 verse 22, “For as in Adam all die, even
so in Christ shall all be made alive.” We say that this is the
great word on resurrection. “For as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.” The Lord is someone who works
for us. We died with the Lord. Then we live with the Lord. We
abide in the Lord and we belong to the Lord. Just as we died in
Adam, we die with the Lord in Christ, we live with the Lord, we
abide in the Lord, and we belong to the Lord. That is what it’s
telling us.

Next, there is freedom in substitution. The Lord’s death freed

us from the Law. It freed us from the Law. If we take a look in
the Bible, the Lord’s substitution freed us from the Law. Next,
it freed us from the Law. This is the meaning it holds. As we
know, if we look at Romans chapter 6 verse 14, why don’t we
look at it? It’s Romans chapter 6 verse 14, “For sin shall not
have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace.”It says here, “For sin shall not have dominion
over you.” It’s because we are not under the law, but under
grace. The Lord saved us from the Law. We are not under the
Law for sin to have no dominion over us. The Law had
dominion over us because we are under the Law, but we were
saved from the Law. In Romans chapter 7, the Lord explained
to us by comparing these things to a married woman. We
were compared to a married woman. The woman is bound to
her husband as long as the husband is alive to the husband’s
law. But when the husband dies, the woman is free from her
husband. Likewise, this is saying we were bound to the Law.
We were bound to the Law, but we were freed through the
death of Christ. The woman is bound to the husband’s law
when the husband is alive, but she is free from her husband
when he dies. In the same way, we were bound to the Law,
but we were freed from the Law through the death of Christ.
This is truly an amazing word. The substitution of Christ not
only liberated us from the Law, but it freed us from the Law.
We are no longer bound to the Law. We are free from the Law
and we are liberated from the Law. We are now free. We are
free and liberated because of the death of Jesus Christ.

Next, we will look in 2Corinthians chapter 5 which speaks of

this more clearly. It’s 2Corinthians chapter 5 verse 19, “To wit,
that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed
unto us the word of reconciliation.” It says here, “Reconciling
unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and
hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”If we look
here, our trespasses were not imputed on us. If you look here,
when people commit sin, sin is imputed on them. Why? It’s
imputed on them because they sinned. However, this is an
amazing word that our trespasses are no longer imputed on
us. “Was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them.” Because I committed
sin, it’s natural that the sins I committed are imputed on me.
Why? It’s because that sin was committed by me. Because we
committed sin, it’s natural that that sin is imputed on us. But
the Bible is saying that our trespasses are no longer imputed
on us. The reason why our trespasses are not imputed on us is
because of this amazing word “not imputing their trespasses
unto them”. It’s because the Lord became sin for us. Jesus
became sin for us. Because Jesus became sin for us, God
passed over our sins to Christ. In other words, God passed all
of our sins over to Jesus Christ. Then Jesus became sin.To be
more specific, it becomes Jesus’ sin. Because our trespasses
are no longer imputed on us, but on Christ, God punished our
trespasses in Christ. Because our trespasses were imputed on
Jesus and passed over to him, God punished our trespasses in
Christ and they are no longer our trespasses because our
trespasses were passed over to Jesus. Because our trespasses
went over to Jesus, those trespasses are no longer ours.It was
passed over to Jesus and Jesus became sin. That is why God
had to punish Jesus and judge him. Our sin is no longer our
sin. The righteousness of His Son was passed over. Isn’t this
expression wonderful? Our sins were passed over to Jesus and
the righteousness of the Son of God was passed over to us. It
was switched, right? Our sins were passed over to Jesus and
the righteousness of the Son of God was passed over to us.
This is truly amazing; to become the righteousness of God.
Jesus became sin by bearing our sins; he was sin. On the other
hand, the righteousness of God in Christ, the righteousness of
the Son of God passed over to us. That is why we are
righteous. This is truly an amazing word.

Why don’t we also look in Galatians chapter 2? Let’s look at

Galatians chapter 2 from verse 19, “For I through the law am
dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with
Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of
the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”What
did God show us here? Concerning the Law, we are dead to
the Law. Why? It’s because we might live to God. We died to
the Law that we might live. Because of what Christ had done,
we died with Christ. Christ made us free from the Law. We
were crucified with the Lord, we are dead to the Law through
the Law, we died with Christ for this work, and now we live
with Christ. This is saying that Christ made us free from the
Law. Let’s turn to Galatians chapter 3 and look at verse 13
which tells this specifically. “Christ hath redeemed us from the
curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written,
Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.”The curse of the
Law. The Law judges sin and condemns sin. It condemns sin,
right? But Christ received the curse. I was supposed to receive
the curse, but Jesus received all the curse instead as my
substitute. That is why we are free from that curse, and we are
redeemed and saved from the curse of the Law. Christ
received the curse for us. He redeemed and saved us from the
curse of the Law. This is saying the Lord saved us from all the
punishment that comes from the Law, all the punishment due
to the responsibility of sin and our sins, and the curse.

I am currently lecturing on the substitution that happened on

the cross. Within this substitution, he saved us, freed us, and
liberated us from the Law. He freed us and liberated us from
all punishment of the Law and all curse of the Law. Such
amazing word is in there. Next, the third thing is we will look
in Acts chapter 2. It’s Acts chapter 2 verse 23, “Him, being
delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and
slain.”God the Father is involved in all the works of the
substitution that occurred at the cross. If you look here, this
substitution, this plan of salvation that occurred at the cross
was planned by God the Father and He was involved. God the
Father planned this, was involved, and He accomplished it.
“Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God.” Even sending the Lord to the cross
was the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. God
already decided this. Sending Jesus Christ to the cross was the
plan and will of God the Father. So, if we look here, it was the
determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God even before
the foundation of the world for the Lord to bear the cross.
That is why the Bible said, “Him, being delivered.” Jesus was
delivered and this was allowed by God.This word is in 1Peter
chapter 1. It’s 1Peter chapter 1 verse 20, “Who verily was
foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you.”“Who verily was
foreordained before the foundation of the world.”It means
crucifying Christ, the Son of God, was foreordained before the
foundation of the world. So, the work of redeeming our sins
was foreordained before the foundation of the world.

Next is Revelation chapter 13 verse 8. These parts are clearly

spoken here. It’s chapter 13 verse 8, “And all that dwell upon
the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in
the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world.”Already before the foundation of the world, the names
in the book of life of the Lamb were written after the
foundation of the world. God knew that all the sins of man
would be covered by Jesus Christ His only begotten Son. That
is why it says here that the names were not written after the
foundation of the world. The Lord already knew that the
names would be written into the book of life after the
foundation of the world.

If you look in Isaiah chapter 53 verse 6, the Bible is saying that

the salvation and redemption that occurred at the cross on
Calvary was planned and accomplished by God. Like an
episode in a drama, God wrote the script and God
accomplished it as it is. That is what the Bible is saying. That
great testimony concerning Jesus is in Isaiah chapter 53 verse
6, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the
iniquity of us all.”The one who did this work at Calvary was
God. “The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” The
Lord planned this and the Lord did this work at the cross on
Calvary. When the Lord bore the cross, the Lord cried out, “My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” He said, “If
possible, let this cup pass from me, but let it be done
according to your will and your wants.” According to this Lord,
it was planned. The Lord did that work on the cross to lay on
him the iniquity of us all.This word is also in John chapter 3
verse 16 that we all know. “For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son.” He gave up His Son to the
death on the cross. God is the one who gave up His Son to the
cross. Salvation is accomplished in Jesus Christ. God is the one
who planned this and gave up His Son. That is what this is
saying. There are many such things and we will look for a few
more. Why is this important? The plan of salvation was
accomplished by God. Should we describe it like that? It’s
God’s piece of work. God planned it, decided it, and all of it
was accomplished by His will. It’s Romans chapter 3 verse 25,
“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith
in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of
sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.”“Through
the forbearance of God, in his blood.” If you look here,
“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith
in his blood.”God set Jesus Christ to be a propitiation through
faith in his blood. God did it and God accomplished it. Next is
Romans chapter 8 verse 32. I think this is also a gracious word.
It’s Romans chapter 8 verse 32, “He that spared not his own
Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him
also freely give us all things?”“He that spared not his own
Son.” It’s saying that God didn’t spare His own Son. Why? He
gave him up to the cross for us. God is the one who did this
amazing work. God didn’t spare His own Son. Why? He didn’t
spare His own Son, but delivered him for all sinners. That is
God’s wonderful love and amazing work. “He that spared not
his own Son.” He didn’t spare him. Why don’t we look at
another word?

Next, how wonderful is His love? Let’s look at 2Corinthians

chapter 5 verses 18 and 19, “And all things are of God, who
hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to
us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ,
reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their
trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word
of reconciliation.”It says, “All things are of God.” All the
incidents and works that happened on the cross are of God.
God was in Christ. “Reconciling the world unto himself.” What
we know is that all things are of God, He reconciled us to
Himself by Jesus Christ, and He gave us the ministry of
reconciliation. There is one thing we can see here. The one
who is doing this work is God. The eternal God the Father did
this work at the cross through Christ. The cross was not simply
an incident. The eternal God the Father planned this and
accomplished it. He’s doing the work through the cross of
Christ. God is doing what with Himself and reconciling? God
planned Christ and sent Christ to reconcile us who were
sinners to Him. God was in Christ to reconcile. He reconciled
the world to Himself and He didn’t impute their trespasses on
them. The important thing here is that God didn’t impute our
trespasses on us. He imputed them on Jesus Christ by
reconciling with us.

Let’s look in 2Corinthians chapter 5 verse 21. It’s 2Corinthians

chapter 5 verse 21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us,
who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of
God in him.”This is truly an amazing word. Why don’t we
organize this part? God is someone who doesn’t know sin.
Who is this? The one who doesn’t know sin is Jesus. Jesus
Christ bore our sins in our place because God made Christ into
sin. Concerning all the sins we committed, God didn’t make us
into sin, but He made Christ into sin. God made Christ into sin.
God passed over all our responsibility for sin to Christ. It went
over. That is what this is. Next, God laid our sins on Christ. The
important thing here is that God punished sin in Christ.
Because God made Christ into sin and passed our
responsibility for sin over to Christ, because our sins were laid
on Christ, God had to punish that sin in Christ. That is the
cross. All our punishment on sin was poured upon Christ. That
is why we are free from all sin and all laws. We are free from
the Law because we are free from sin. So, if we look here, the
truly amazing thing is verse 21. In 2Corinthians chapter 5 verse
21, because Jesus was made to be sin for us, our sins passed
over to Jesus, and the righteousness of Jesus Christ and the
righteousness of God came to us that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him. Jesus became our sin and we
became the righteousness of God as the righteousness of God
came to us through Jesus Christ. This is amazing.

All in all, every theory and concept on substitution can be said

in a word – this was done by God the Father. God the Father
planned it, God the Father accomplished it, and God the
Father was involved. Why? He wanted to reconcile with us. He
passed over all our sins to Christ and made Christ into sin. The
righteousness of Christ which has the righteousness of God
came to us and we were made into righteousness. For us to
unite and reconcile with God, God planned this and
accomplished it all. This is the most amazing part on
substitution. All our sins were passed over to Jesus and Jesus
became sin. Because he was made into sin, he had to receive
all the punishment for the responsibility for sin. Jesus received
that punishment. The righteousness of God in God became
ours through Jesus Christ. We were made into God’s
righteousness. We became God’s righteousness in them. Then
we became God’s what? We became God’s righteousness.

Through this lecture, through the words on substitution, God’s

righteousness was given to us and this amazing salvation
which became God’s righteousness, this unspeakable grace is
inside of us and I believe it will make us blessed.

I will end here. Goodbye.