Pay for Our Sins with His Son
1. God Continues to LOVE us: like a loving Father with a disobedient child, God longs for reconciliation. And God makes the first move. John wrote: 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 (John 3:16)
..but, remeber the wages of our sin is death. God, being perfectly just, could not allow our sin to go unpunished. Somebody had to pay.
2. Jesus came to earth to put things right: Because Jesus was human He could relate to our sinful nature, though He was sinless Himself. Because he was God, he was 'big' enough to pay the price of our sin: God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us so that through Him we might becomes the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
God placed His stamp of approval on Jesus by resurrecting Him from the dead. Jesus is now in heaven at the Fahter's side. His work is done. He has bridged the gap between God and man by suffereing our punishment and clearing us of all charges. Our debts are canceled' our conviction is over turned. The Judge, after passing the verdict that we are guilty, comes down from His chair and serves our sentence as well! God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
Questions to ask yourself:
How important is Jesus to you?
Di tiy believe Jesus was God in the flesh?
What does Jesus' death and resurrection mean to you?