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• have deviated from God.
• have fallen from the way of God.

Therefore, all men stand guilty of having broken the law of God, and the penalty for breaking the law is death. However,
the blood of Jesus Christ brings forgiveness to men. How? Jesus Christ died for man. He took the penalty of sins and bore the
punishment Himself. He was able to do this because He was the Perfect and Ideal Man, and as the Ideal Man, He could stand
for and represent all men. When He died, He died as the Ideal Man, as the Representative for all men. Any person who really
believes that Jesus Christ died for him is forgiven his sins. God takes his faith and counts it as the death of Jesus Christ. God
sees the man as being in Jesus Christ, as being in the death of Jesus Christ. God counts the death of Jesus Christ for the death
of the man. Therefore, the guilt and penalty for breaking God’s laws are completely removed. The man’s sins and guilt are
sent away or washed away by the blood of Jesus Christ.

“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance
to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Acts 5:31).
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you
the forgiveness of sins” (Acts 13:38).
“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto
God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by
faith that is in me [Christ Jesus]” (Acts 26:18).
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches
of his grace” (Eph.1:7).


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(1:8) Wisdom—Prudence—Understanding: the fourth blessing—God has given us wisdom and understanding. Again,
note that both blessings come to us through Jesus Christ. Common sense tells us that God will give His wisdom and un-
derstanding only to those who honor Him and His Son.
1. The word “wisdom” (sophia) means seeing and knowing the truth. It is seeing and knowing what to do. It grasps the
great truths of life. It sees the answers to the problems of life and death, God and man, time and eternity, good and evil—the
deep things of God and of the universe.
This wisdom is found only in Jesus Christ and is promised only to those who search after Him with all their heart
(1 Cor.1:30; 2:10-16; Eph.1:8; Ph.2:5f; Jas.1:5).

“O the depth of the riches both of the widsom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his
judgments, and his ways past finding out!” (Ro.11:33).
“But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greek, Christ the power of God, and the wis-
dom of God” (1 Cor.1:24).
“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption” (1 Cor.1:30).
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them
unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what
man knoweth the things of a man, save the Spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of
God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world,
but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of
God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the
Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he
himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct
him? But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor.2:9-16).
“Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence” (Eph.1:8).
“In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col.2:3).

2. The word “prudence” (phronesei) means seeing how to use and do the truth. It is seeing the direction to take. It is
understanding, insight, the ability to solve day to day problems. It is a down-to-earth practical understanding of things.

“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wis-
dom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened”
(Eph.1:17-18).
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to
desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understand-
ing” (Col.1:9).
“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full
assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and
of Christ” (Col.2:2).
“Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things” (2 Tim.2:7).
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