Like the religious but ignorant Jews of those days, many religious folks today still reject Christ’s divinity. They would gladly accept Jesus Christ as a good teacher, a righteous man, a prophet, or a messenger from God, but not as the Almighty God…

If you truly know and understand that Christ has abolished the hostility between God and you, and He is now seated at the right hand of God, not as your Judge but as your High Priest, making intercession for you, you will always have great confidence toward God…

Christ’s propitiation or atonement for our sins is the only basis for our reconciliation with God. The finished work of Christ satisfied the demand of God’s justice to punish sinners and the demand of God’s mercy to forgive and justify sinners. At the cross of Christ, God’s justice kissed God’s mercy; both were fully expressed and fully satisfied…