Jesus'.-- Hebrews 2:17, 'That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest

in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the

people'.-- Hebrews 7:24, 'This man, because he continueth ever, hath an

unchangeable priesthood'.

§ 5.  The Messiah was, by the offering of himself as a sacrifice for sin, to

Prophecy.-- Isaiah 53:6,10,11,12, 'The Lord hath laid on him the

iniquity of us all'.  'Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin'.  'He

shall bear their iniquities'.  'He bare the sin of many'.-- Daniel 9:24, 'To

finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make

reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness'.--

Genesis 3:15, 'It (the seed of the woman, the promised Messiah) shall bruise

thy (Satan's) head'.

Fulfilment.-- Ephesians 5:2, 'Christ hath given himself for us an

offering and a sacrifice to God'.  (See also 2 Cor. 5:21; Rom. 8:3).-- 1 John

2:2, 'He is the propitiation for our sins'.-- Hebrews 9:14, 'Christ, who

through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God'.-- 1 Peter

1:19, 'Redeemed -- with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without

blemish'.-- 1 Peter 3:18, 'Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just

for the unjust'.-- Hebrews 10:12, 'This man, after he had offered one

sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God'.-- Hebrews

9:12, 'Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he

entered in once into the holy place'.-- Hebrews 7:27, 'Who needeth not daily,

as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and

then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself'.--

Hebrews 9:25,26, 'Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high

priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others'.  'But

now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the

sacrifice of himself'.-- John 1:29, 'The Lamb of God, which taketh away the

sin of the world'.-- Acts 5:31, 'To give repentance to Israel, and

forgiveness of sins'.-- 1 Corinthians 15:3, 'Christ died for our sins

according to the Scriptures'.-- 1 John 1:7, 'The blood of Jesus Christ his

Son cleanseth us from all sin'.-- Romans 5:10, 'We were reconciled to God by

the death of his Son'.-- 2 Corinthians 5:18, 'Who hath reconciled us to

himself by Jesus Christ'.-- Colossians 1:20, 'By him (Christ) to reconcile

all things unto himself'.-- Hebrews 5:9, 'He became the author of eternal

salvation unto all them that obey him'.-- 2 Corinthians 5:15, 'He died for

all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but

unto him which died for them'.  (See also Rom. 6:10 -12; 1 Thess. 5:10).-- 1

Peter 2:24, 'Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that

we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness'.-- Titus 2:14, 'Who

gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify

unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works'.-- 1 Corinthians 6:20,

'Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your

spirit, which are God's'.-- 1 Peter 4:1,2, 'As Christ hath suffered for us in

the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath

suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; that he no longer should live the

rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God'.

§ 6.