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4. Glimpses of Our God Contents 1 The Triune God 2 In the Beginning 3 God as Redeemer 4 The God of Grace and Judgment 5 The Holiness of God 6 God the Lawgiver 7 Lord of the Sabbath 8 Creation Care 9 The Bible and History 10 The Promise of Prayer 11 God as Artist 12 Love Stories 13 The Promise of His Return

5. Glimpses of Our God Our Goal {5} How grateful we should be for every bit of light He casts our way. We’ll look at some of that light. How faithfully we walk in it, is up to each of us individually.

6. Glimpses of Our God Lesson 3, January 21 Glimpses of Our God Lesson 3, January 21 God as Redeemer

7. Key Text Revelation 5:12 NKJV “ ‘Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!’ ”

8. God as Redeemer Initial Words {31} Closely related to God as Creator is His role as our Redeemer. Sin is so bad, so hostile to the created world, that only the Creator Himself could solve the problem.

9. God as Redeemer Quick Look 1. The Redeemer’s Love (Romans 5:8) 2. The Redeemer in the O. T. (Genesis 3:15) 3. The Redeemer in the N. T. (Matthew 27:46)

10. God as Redeemer 1. The Redeemer’s Love Romans 5:8 NKJV “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

11. 1. The Redeemer’s Love At the Cross {32} love, justice, compassion in one act At the cross, God triumphs over and shames the enemy. Love, justice, and compassion fuse in a singular dynamic act. God forgives sinners by paying in Himself the price of sin and absorbing into His own suffering Self the penalty of that sin. On Calvary, God reveals how extremely costly forgiveness is.

12. Christ didn’t die in order to create love in God’s heart for us. No, Jesus insists that the Father’s love is the source, not the consequence, of the atonement (John 3:16, 17). God doesn’t love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us. 1. The Redeemer’s Love At the Cross {32}

13. The death of Christ did not bring forth a love that was not already in existence. Rather, it was a manifestation of the love that was eternally in God’s heart. Jesus never had to persuade the Father to love us. 1. The Redeemer’s Love At the Cross {32}

14. God as Redeemer 2. The Redeemer in the O. T. Genesis 3:15 NKJV “And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”

15. 2. The Redeemer in the O. T. The First Promise {33} Adam and Eve have sinned. Now the great controversy is announced to them through the strong language of “enmity” between two opposing sides. This is a precious promise for human hearts now attracted to sin.

16. 2. The Redeemer in the O. T. The First Promise {33} We are also assured that this major conflict will not be eternal, for the head of the enemy will one day be crushed. In these verses, not only is the great controversy first revealed, but we also are told how it is going to end.

17. 2. The Redeemer in the O. T. Genesis 22:1-19 {33} What a powerful representation of the sacrificial death of Christ on our behalf. There, on Mount Moriah, the world has been presented a very powerful picture of the plan of salvation and what it cost to redeem fallen humanity from the ruin of sin.

18. 2. The Redeemer in the O. T. Isaiah 53 {34} The only way to save us was for Jesus to pay the penalty in our stead and then offer us His perfect righteousness, which we claim by faith. suffering servant One point stands out more than anything else, and that is the substitutionary role of the Suffering Servant. He is paying the price for the sins of others.

19. God as Redeemer 3. The Redeemer and the N. T. Matthew 27:46 NKJV “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’.”

20. 3. The Redeemer in the N. T. The Gospel and the Cross {35} The astounding miracle of Christ’s incarnation, His profound teaching, and the miracles He performed, are not the central focus of Christ’s life. Instead, what dominates the thinking of Jesus is the giving of His life. As miraculous as His birth and ministry were, the great mission of Christ’s life was His death.

21. This ordinance of Communion, instituted by the Lord Himself—and the only commemorative act He personally authorized—is not a memorial of His incarnation, nor His miracles, nor His parables, nor His preaching, but only of His death. Christ Himself wished above all else to be remembered by His death. 3. The Redeemer in the N. T. The Lord’s Supper {35}

22. 3. The Redeemer in the N. T. The Cry on the Cross {36} eternal separation The Saviour could not see through the portals of the tomb…. He feared that sin was so offensive to God that Their separation was to be eternal…. It was the sense of sin, bringing the Father’s wrath upon Him…that made the cup He drank so bitter, and broke the heart of the Son of God. —The Desire of Ages 753.

23. God as Redeemer Final Words {37} “The infinite mercy and love of Jesus, the sacrifice made in our behalf, call for the most serious and solemn reflection. … As we thus contemplate heavenly themes, our faith and love will grow stronger, and our prayers will be more and more acceptable to God….”—Steps to Christ 89.