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Jeremiah 30-36, Lamentations Part 1 • Dr. S. Michael Wilcox • Oct. 17 - 23

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Is There No Balm in Gilead?

Our major image of understanding the Savior and what He did for us is a lawyer metaphor. The Eastern Orthodox, it is a physician metaphor in Western Christianity. Sin is broken law and I'm going to be trie before the bar of God and I need a defense attorney. Christ's job is not to plead for the Father or to take the punishment for me. His job is to heal me, to close up the wound, to end the disease.

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