Did Jesus please God? Yes he did and he did so perfectly. Did He please God only for himself, or did he please the Father for the blessings and benefits of others? All for others. He did not have to come down from heaven to the earth to please God for himself, or to remove any enmity or friction between himself and God, or to obtain peace for himself with the Father. He and the Father have been at perfect peace with one another since before all creations foundations and ever shall be. He (Jesus) did all he did and suffered all that he suffered FOR US. THE CROSS.
So we now can ask the question of just how satisfied is the Father with Jesus for us or on our behalf? Was it only a temporal or temporary satisfaction for us, or does it (speaking mainly of the blood of HIS CROSS), does it extend in saving grace and redeeming power effects into the full realms of FOREVER or for all eternity?
Answer....Hebrews 9:11)...reads....but Jesus by His own blood, He entered once into the holy place (Heaven Itself) having OBTAINED "FOR US" ETERNAL REDEMPTION (Eternal Everlasting Salvation)....Hebrews 10:14) For by one offering (By the sacrifice of Himself) Jesus has perfected (Means made accepted and complete as to have been crucified with Christ and also risen with Christ in the spirit into the heavenly realms of His glory (Ephesians 2;1-10 & Colossians 3:1-4). For by just one sacrifice, by the sacrifice of himself, Jesus has PERFECTED (made acceptable and complete) FOREVER, which means FOR ALL ETERNITY, those that His sacrifice has sanctified (See Hebrews 10:10-14).
The power of the Cross and Blood of Jesus Christ and His Resurrection purpose and justifying power is to be FOREVER and FOR ALL ETERNITY the beginning of our confidence that is never ever to be changed, neither replaced, nor compromised, or altered, or watered down by those who do not have the full revelation of its Love and Eternal Redemption Power.
Paul preached all his years that the Cross of Christ is Gods all time answer and that it is forever the power of God unto salvation.
This, the message of His Cross and Its Eternal Redemption Power, Paul never changed nor did he altar. He even said CURSED are those that changed the message of the power of Christ redeeming blood, Cross, and Resurrection for the weaker and beggarly elements as he said was found in the Law that could never justify anyone, for the real truth of this matter was that no one could keep the High Standard that the Law demanded (Perfection) (James 2:10 & Galations 3:10-14).
The Laws High calling was found to be totally unreachable by sinful fallen man no matter how hard they strove to keep it. Even the Law itself demanded one to flawlessly keep it flawlessly. One sin, one transgression made you guilty of all. Now with that truth and weight weighing against you from the Law, how could you possibly have real hope in the Law with that letter that itself killeth working against you? One transgression makes you guilty of all, meaning as if you never kept any of it.
Jesus taught Paul the truth. He taught the Pharisee of all Pharisees that used to make his boast in the keeping of the Law, Jesus taught him that no man could perfectly-flawlessly keep the Law as the Law itself demanded (Perfection). Therefore by the deeds of the Law Jesus said himself to Paul that no person shall be justified in Gods sight for the Law exposes sin and works enmity and wrath between God and men.
From that light Jesus taught Paul the truth of Gods Grace in the Cross of Christ and its glorious saving, redeeming, eternal power. He did not teach Paul that the Cross was just a TEMPORARY SOLUTION or only a temporary fix to an eternal problem. No Jesus would never deny himself or his sufferings that way, for doing that would say His Cross is weak and saying that would eventually drive people back under the Law of Moses to try to - in their minds justify and save themselves by their own doings and no by Christ. If Jesus taught and denied the Power of His Blood and Cross, he then would sin against His Own Bloods Power and Purpose if He did that. HE WOULD NOT DO THAT EVER.
Paul preached we must all hold firmly (means to never let go of) the beginning of our confidence all the way to the finish line. (Hebrews 3:1-19). Jesus Christ and him crucified and risen from the dead is that beginning, and it is the power of God unto eternal salvation. DON'T LET GO OF IT or exchange it for weaker, beggarly elements as those found in the Law. Christ is All. Christ is the Beginning of our confidence and the all of our confidence. He is the beginning and He is the ending. Christ is our every good thing and only by Christ is any one or any thing accepted......deno.
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