GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

326 God’s Workbeaten with many stripes (Verse 47). Those who didn’t knowbetter (Atheists, Agnostics, Pagans) would be beaten with fewerstripes (Verse 48). Rebellious humans who didn’t know betterwould be held responsible only for the truth about Christ thatthey learned and understood. If they knew very little, they willreceive only a few stripes. Those who know a great deal aboutJesus and God’s “will” shall be beaten with many more stripes.Does this sound familiar? Christ said that He came to bring fireon the earth and that it already exists. His conclusion is that Hehad to be baptized with the same fire (Verse 49-50).Your Savior is telling you that some have to be spanked very hard,because in the past, there were those who understood a great deal.Today, there are those who can’t make ‘heads or tails’ about Christand His truths. So, those who understood very little in the pastand those who understand very little today will receive only asmall spanking. Christ is telling you that God disciplines withfire - and Jesus Himself was baptized in this fire. How? It wasby the stripes resulting from His own beating. Jesus comparedthis to being in a fire (Hell-Gehenna). That is the painful effect ofbeing beaten with stripes. The Redeemer and Savior was beatenby stripes so badly that you couldn’t recognize He was a human.The violent beating He accepted was not for what He did, but forall mankind’s sins and transgressions. That is why Christians arehealed (mended - made whole) spiritually by His stripes.Jesus took His beatings and paid everyone’s penalties so youdo not need to be thrown into The Lake of Fire. Christ wentinto hell and was baptized by His stripes, so mankind would behealed. Jesus died for you. He has forgiven you your sins but Hetook mankind’s penalty of The Lake of Fire upon Himself. Consequently,true Christians do not have to pay the penalty. That iswhy the stripes of Christ’s beating heal you. He literally paid the