Les Feldick Bible Study

What did Jesus say to the Father when He took every human being's sin?

Scripture indicates that when Christ took upon Himself the sin of every human being who has ever lived, He cried to the Father that those sins are forgiven. They are buried in the deepest sea, never to be brought before us again.

Les explains that when Christ died the death of that cross, He took on Himself not just the sins of those who are saved, but the sin of every human being that has ever lived. And when He took every human being's sin, He could cry to the Father, 'Those sins are forgiven. They're buried in the deepest sea, never to be brought before us again.' Consequently, even when lost people slip out of this life into eternity, their sins are already forgiven. Les also notes that this same principle applies to reconciliation: every human being that has ever lived has now been reconciled to God by virtue of the work of the cross. He illustrates it with Congress appropriating billions of dollars—the money is already appropriated, but it won't do a nickel's worth of good until somebody draws on it and puts it to use. In the same way, at the cross, God paid the payment for every person's sin, paid their eternal doom, and did everything that needed to be done.