ACC ~ Mark 10 v45

SETTING FREE CAPTIVES

GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS: He is our sanctification, as himself being purity, that the pure may be encompassed by his purity. [1] He is our redemption, because he sets us free who were held captive under sin, [2] giving himself as a ransom for us, [3] the sacrifice to make expiation for the world. [4] He is our resurrection, because he raises up, and brings to life again, those who were slain by sin. [5] ORATION 30, ON THE SON 20. [6]

[1] Cf. Tit 2:14.

[2] Cf. 2 Tim 2:26.

[3] Cf. Mt 20:28; Mk 10:45.

[4] Cf. Heb 7:26-27; 9:24-26; 10:10-12.

[5] Cf. Jn 6:40.

[6] LCC 3:192*; TLG 2022.010, 20.36-41. His incomparable righteousness, sanctification, redemption and resurrection are all ours.

THE PERSONAL RELEVANCE OF HIS ACT OF RANSOM

AMBROSE: It is profitable to me to know that for my sake Christ bore my infirmities, submitted to the affections of my body, that for me and for all he was made sin and a curse, that for me and in me was he humbled and made subject, [1] that for me he is the lamb, [2] the vine, [3] the rock, [4] the servant, [5] the Son of a handmaid, [6] knowing not the day of judgment, for my sake ignorant of the day and the hour. [7] ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 2.92. [8]

[1] Cf. Heb 9:24-28.

[2] Cf. Jn 1:29, 36.

[3] Cf. Jn 15:1-5.

[4] Cf. 1 Cor 10:4.

[5] Cf. Is 53:11; Mt 12:18; Phil 2:7.

[6] Cf. Lk 1:38.

[7] Cf. Mt 24:36; Mk 13:32.

[8] Cetedoc 0150, 2.11.32; NPNF 2 10:236.

CANCELING SIN

AUGUSTINE: He shared with us our punishment, but not our sin. Death is the punishment of sin. The Lord Jesus Christ came to die; he did not come to sin. By sharing with us the penalty without the sin, he canceled both the penalty and the sin. [1] SERMONS ON THE LITURGICAL SEASONS, FOR THE EASTER SEASON, SERMON 231.2. [2]

[1] Cf. 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 4:15; 9:26-28; 10:1-18.

[2] Cetedoc 0284, 231.116.248.42; FC 38:205.