Matthew
16:16
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art
the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Christ being the anointed of God the Father
means that He was the chosen One to be the Savior of the world. Christ was
chosen because who He was and He met all of the Father's required
qualifications to atone the sins of the world.
If the question was raised, what were the
Father's requirements to atone the sins of the world? The person was required
to be human and divine and without sin. Christ was both human and divine as He
was God in the second person in the Godhead. Christ was able to keep all of
God's commandments and His atoning works was a one-time event whereas the
earthly priests' atonement was performed yearly. The earthly priests required
that their sins be forgiven whereas Christ had no sin.
That said, God being God knew from the
beginning of time what was going to occur and He had a redeemer ready and
waiting until the appointed time to fulfill His mission.
It is noteworthy to say all of God's actions
are a manifestation of His love, grace and mercy for humanity. Man is created
in the image and likeness of God; man was created to be in fellowship with Him
but sin broke that fellowship and Christ's atoning work on Calvary
restored the fellowship.
What a mighty God who loved humanity to the
point He gave His only begotten Son to be the sacrificial lamb.
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