Did Christ's Death succeed its purpose ? 3
More scripture giving the purpose and results of Christ's Death, that those He died for will serve Him ! 2 Cor 5:14-15
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Remember the words of the Psalmist Ps 22:30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
That word serve means :
to cause to serve as subjects
to labour, work, do work
2) to work for another, serve another by labour
3) to serve as subjects
4) to serve (God)
to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve
And Jesus said Jn 12:26
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Now that any man[who serves] will be of that seed Ps 22:30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
That word seed means:
offspring, descendants as in Isa 53:10
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
That seed is all for whom He died or whom His soul was made an offering for sin for !
And Paul writes 2 Cor 5:14-15
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
The Apostle perceives the Love of Christ, which moved Him to give Himself for His Body the Church [His Seed] Eph 5:25, and that He died for all [The Seed], and the All He died for, died [judicially] with Him, and so they were as He was, all dead. Purpose being:
That we which live, the we being, the all that died with Him, should not live unto themselves in the flesh, as servants of sin, but unto Him that died for them [ Christ their Surety] !
Paul here just described the fruit of Christ's Death, it produces servants for Him. The same exact thing is taught in Titus 2:14, the end of His Redemptive Death produces a People zealous of Good Works ! 11