Jesus Died to Be Our Substitute and Redeemer

Christ is our substitute. Under the Law, the priest would lay his hands on a lamb to represent the sins of Israel being imputed to the spotless one. God’s perfect law requires the wages of sin to be paid in death. Since God is righteous and immutable, He cannot waive that requirement or ignore it. To fulfill His perfect law, He sent Christ to die in our stead.

Likewise, Christ redeemed us. Like Gomer in the book of Hosea, we were broken and helpless in the slave market of sin. The price of our freedom was blood, and Jesus fully paid the price.