WHY
JESUS HAD TO DIE
In
fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,
and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Heb
9:22
People have asked a valid question,
‘Why did Jesus have to die on the cross?’ How can His death 2000
years ago make a difference in my life? God operates exclusively through
His word, in that everything He says literally defines Him, making
it impossible for Him to lie (Heb 6-18). He previously said to Adam in Gen 2-17, “You must not eat from the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will
surely die.” Once Adam ate the forbidden fruit, sin now causes death and this statement cannot be
overturned. The Bible teaches that the sinful nature of man has
been woven
into the fabric of our bodies, making us sinners. The Bible teaches that
if we sin, we must die, and "all have sinned" (Rom 6:23; 3:23).
If people sinned
and it caused them to die, then Jesus had to come without
sin and die for the people to break the law of sin over them and
reverse the power of death. Without question, Jesus’ greatest miracle
was that He lived a sinless life for 33 years, so when Jesus died on the
cross, He broke the power of death. God solved the problem by sending His son, born of the Virgin
Mary, making Him completely human, but since He was conceived by the Holy
Spirit, He was also completely God (Heb 7-26).
By reason of His divinity Jesus overcame the sinful nature of man in His
own flesh, having never
yielded to it, being tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin
(Heb 4:15). While murdered by sinners, God nailed the sin of the world
to Jesus’ dying body on the cross, and by virtue of His sinless life
He broke the
law of sin and death. 1Pet 2:24 says, "He Himself bore our sins in
His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to
righteousness," and again, "He made Him who knew no sin to be
sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in
Him" (2Cor 5:21). Now, the blood of Jesus atoning for the sin of the
world is the basis of God’s forgiveness. When the Father went to judge
His Son, He found that none of His sin was His own, so He forgave His
Son for our sin and raised Him from the dead. His righteousness became
our life. In His very death He destroyed the power of sin, which is
death, by maintaining the righteousness of God in the members of His
earthly body. There is nothing we can do to demonstrate to God that we
are truly sorry for our sin, except to believe in Jesus’ atoning
sacrifice and live according to His will.
Our faith in the cross is all God needs from us to fully cleanse us from
all unrighteousness, and living by faith is how we demonstrate our
appreciation for saving us. Now that Jesus paid the penalty for our sin,
He has made it illegal for sin to have jurisdiction over anyone who
would believe in Him for eternal life.
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Personal
Testimony
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The Simple Gospel
1) God loves you Jn 3-16
2) Because you love Jesus Jn 16-27
3) By keeping His commandments Jn 14-15
which are:
a) Love God and be born again, and
Jn 3-3
b) Love one another
Jn 15-12
4) This purifies your heart and open your eyes Mat 5-8
5) To the vision that God has for your life Eph 1,15-23
6) Which is to do the works that God has prepared for us
Eph 2-10
Verses:
1.
Jn 3-16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
2. Jn 16-27 “The Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.”
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3. Jn 14-15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”
Jn 15-12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved
you” (this pertains to your immediate family first, the Church second
and the world third)
Jn 3-3 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God”
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4. Mat 5-8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
5. Eph 1,15-23 “For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all..”
6.
Eph 2-10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”