But he made us his friends. Christ's sacrifice does not change God, it changes us (2 Corinthians 5:17). We had become God's enemy through our sins. We now become God's friends through the death of his Son. MacKnight sees in this a removing of the curse from all mankind - past, present, future - so that all have salvation available to them. Compare Romans 5:18; Hebrews 9:15; Ephesians 2:16. By Christ's life. Compare Romans 8:11; John 14:19; 1 Peter 3:21.

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