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49 “eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”

 Exodus 21:24

 Thus says the Lord in all justice that we should pay recompense for the hurt we do to another person. The law is completely fair and holy and God commands that we follow it and obey its precepts.

 However, there is a greater covenant in force, through the death of Christ, that all who come to Him shall be saved. It is the majesty of grace that all who repent and believe are set free from the requirements of the law for Christ has died and set us free from it. Jesus has paid the greatest of prices for us that we might never have to suffer the just consequences of that law.

 The just requirements of the law of God were met in Christ as He gave His life for us on the cross. He took on Himself all our sin and uncleanness and purged it away so that we could be counted clean because of Him. He is the great sacrifice and the great High Priest who ever lives to intercede for us. He is our Saviour and is the only Saviour of the human heart. Only He can justify us as we come to Him in repentance and faith. There is no other way for He is the lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world. He is the instigator and price for that holy compact that was made in eternity that He should save a people for Himself.

“but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God,”

Hebrews 10:12

 Jesus is the only way to God for He is our great Saviour.