Have you ever thought about how many sins were
placed in Jesus’ body when He died on the cross?
First, we must establish that Jesus died for EVERY PERSON. “He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world” (1 John 2:2). Jesus died for everyone and make forgiveness available to all. “We have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.” (1 Tim. 4:10). He is the savior of all men in the sense that He died for everyone, but He is especially the savior of believers because they have received His sacrifice.
Second, approximately 117 BILLION PEOPLE have lived on earth, and that doesn’t count all the PEOPLE BORN IN THE FUTURE. Jesus died for the sins of everyone who has lived and who will live in the future. He was the one sacrifice “for all time” (Heb. 10:10-14).
Third, we need to estimate how many SINS THAT EACH PERSON COMMITS. That’s impossible for us to know, but if we sin (thought, word, deed) 40 times a day and live over 70 years, that’s over a million sins. Now multiply 1,000,000 x 117,000,000,000 = 117,000,000,000,000,000 sins. Only God knows, but this gives us a general idea of what Jesus did for us.
EVERY SIN of EVERY PERSON for ALL TIME were placed IN THE BODY of Jesus on the cross. “For He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross” (1 Pet. 2:24). The worst part of the cross wasn’t the physical torment of being crucified, but when the sins of the world were placed in the sinless, holy body of Jesus.
Even though Jesus died for your sins, you must receive Him into your life for your sins to be forgiven. The salvation is IN Jesus, so to be saved you must receive the Savior in your life.
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