ct remains that we are born into a sinful world full of iniquity and sin and we are all bound by sin. The Bible tells us in Romans 3:23-“For all have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.” When man sinned in the garden, God immediately put a plan of redemption in place that would redeem sinful man and this was culminated in the death of His son Jesus Christ. Throughout the Old Testament we see types and shadows of Jesus Christ, who was to be the sinless, faultless, sacrifice for all of mankind. John the Baptist called him the “Lamb of god which takes away the sins of the world.” Why was Jesus nailed to the cross and why did he die a horrible death? Because without the shedding of His blood we could not have our sins washed away and forgiven. Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3:16-17-“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in him would not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent his son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.” When Jesus cried out in John 19:30-“It is finished.” He completed the will of His father and fulfilled God’s plan of redemption. I will never understand how God could love mankind so much that he would give his son to die for you and I, but I am glad that Jesus chose to follow His heavenly father’s plan and redeem us from sin and reconcile us to God. Romans 5:9-11 says, “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.” Jesus died for our sins, and by his death and resurrection, He gives the gift of eternal life and salvation to those who would believe upon Him and I encourage you to accept God’s love and Christ’s gift of salvation. He paid a high price for you to have this gift of salvation.Friday, March 21, 2008
Why The Cross?
Today is Good Friday, a day where we remember the death of Christ on the cross. Many people often ask the question, “Why?” Why did this happen? Why did God allow it? Why didn’t God do something to stop it? Even Jesus asks the question in Matthew 27:46-“My God, My God, why - why have you forsaken me?” Good Friday does not allow for easy answers does it? Yet the reason for why Christ came to earth is simple and yet profound: only a sinless redeemer could offer the sacrifice for the sins of mankind. When Adam and Eve sinned against God in the Garden of Eden, sin entered into the world and has remained ever since. Whether we choose to accept this truth or not, the fa
ct remains that we are born into a sinful world full of iniquity and sin and we are all bound by sin. The Bible tells us in Romans 3:23-“For all have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.” When man sinned in the garden, God immediately put a plan of redemption in place that would redeem sinful man and this was culminated in the death of His son Jesus Christ. Throughout the Old Testament we see types and shadows of Jesus Christ, who was to be the sinless, faultless, sacrifice for all of mankind. John the Baptist called him the “Lamb of god which takes away the sins of the world.” Why was Jesus nailed to the cross and why did he die a horrible death? Because without the shedding of His blood we could not have our sins washed away and forgiven. Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3:16-17-“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in him would not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent his son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.” When Jesus cried out in John 19:30-“It is finished.” He completed the will of His father and fulfilled God’s plan of redemption. I will never understand how God could love mankind so much that he would give his son to die for you and I, but I am glad that Jesus chose to follow His heavenly father’s plan and redeem us from sin and reconcile us to God. Romans 5:9-11 says, “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.” Jesus died for our sins, and by his death and resurrection, He gives the gift of eternal life and salvation to those who would believe upon Him and I encourage you to accept God’s love and Christ’s gift of salvation. He paid a high price for you to have this gift of salvation.
ct remains that we are born into a sinful world full of iniquity and sin and we are all bound by sin. The Bible tells us in Romans 3:23-“For all have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.” When man sinned in the garden, God immediately put a plan of redemption in place that would redeem sinful man and this was culminated in the death of His son Jesus Christ. Throughout the Old Testament we see types and shadows of Jesus Christ, who was to be the sinless, faultless, sacrifice for all of mankind. John the Baptist called him the “Lamb of god which takes away the sins of the world.” Why was Jesus nailed to the cross and why did he die a horrible death? Because without the shedding of His blood we could not have our sins washed away and forgiven. Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3:16-17-“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in him would not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent his son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.” When Jesus cried out in John 19:30-“It is finished.” He completed the will of His father and fulfilled God’s plan of redemption. I will never understand how God could love mankind so much that he would give his son to die for you and I, but I am glad that Jesus chose to follow His heavenly father’s plan and redeem us from sin and reconcile us to God. Romans 5:9-11 says, “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.” Jesus died for our sins, and by his death and resurrection, He gives the gift of eternal life and salvation to those who would believe upon Him and I encourage you to accept God’s love and Christ’s gift of salvation. He paid a high price for you to have this gift of salvation.
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