Did Jesus Christ die on the cross? Christians say Jesus died to save me from my sins. Does God really have to die to save me? How can such a weak God who lost his life on the Cross in a helpless way solve my life problems? Many ask these questions. I humbly request you go through the article = Why Jesus Came to Earth, for a deeper understanding of why Jesus came to this world and how he adopted us his own children. Before we continue, let us understand more about the problem of Sin. Then, we will discuss how God solved the problem of sin through his son, Jesus Christ.
What is Sin?
While men write the laws of the earth, God embeds His laws in our mind, known as human conscience. Even a small child knows when to hide after doing something naughty. We need not attend a two-day training course to understand lying or stealing is wrong. Everyone knows having a relationship outside marriage is wrong. How do we know it is wrong without anyone teaching us? Because God created us in his own image. He embedded spiritual laws in our minds. Any incident that we do that involves breaching God’s law is known as a sin. We know very well when we breach it since our subconscious mind immediately cries out that we have breached God’s law and sinned. A guilty conscience will start filling our hearts. Hence, no one in this world can say they are unaware that cheating or lying is wrong.
Sin and its consequence:
When we sin, we get a warning from our conscience. If we constantly ignore the warnings and forcefully do it repeatedly, our conscience becomes numb and gets suppressed. But, If we continue to make the same mistakes, at some point, our conscience will wake up and say we are guilty and will die. The Bible says the wage of sin is death, i.e., eternal death of the soul. No one can escape from the judgment of God’s laws embedded in our minds and run away from it.
While the laws of the earth judge and punish us based on the category of crime, there is only one punishment in spiritual law: the eternal death of the soul. It does not matter what we have done, big or small. All sins lead to the eternal death of our souls. Who can help us escape from eternal death?
Why care about Soul?
Why should we care about our souls? Why should we care about eternal death? Here is the truth. Our body perishes when we die. But our souls live forever. Any soul that comes into the world is destined to live forever. There are only two paths for our soul after our physical body dies. If it has eternal life, it goes to heaven forever. But if it attains eternal death, it goes to hell and suffers forever away from the presence of God. The soul, once born, never dies. It continues to live after the physical death, either in heaven or hell. All religions believe in the soul and in eternal life and death, which results in the attainment of heaven or hell. This is not something we do not know. The Bible gives the highest importance to the soul.
Jesus said, “what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?[a] Is anything worth more than your soul?” – Matthew 16:26
How is it possible to solve the problem of eternal death and hell? If I am born with evil thoughts and continue to do evil, I will always end up in hell. How can I save my soul? How can I escape from my mistakes and evil thoughts?
Why was Jesus Crucified?
God took on the problem himself and offered a solution. The solution cost him everything, but he gave it free for those who believed in him. God did something no man would do to save us from eternal death.
God has to forgive our past and clean us from our past evil lives. Forgiveness does not come free. No one is allowed to be forgiven unless the price is paid. A person who committed the crime should take the punishment. But if someone can prove in court that he is the one who has committed the mistake and not the one charged as guilty, then the law will punish the one who accepted the mistake. God did exactly the same. He sent his son Jesus as a man. Jesus took responsibility for all our mistakes. Hence, he was condemned and punished. He was charged guilty and sentenced to death. Think through it. Won’t we feel shame if we are declared guilty for mistakes we have not committed? Jesus, the Son of God, took the shame for the mistakes we made. He wanted to redeem us, so He offered himself as a sacrifice.
They crucified Jesus instead of you and me. He went through what we had to go through. Through his death, Jesus took responsibility for all our mistakes so that we could go free. What a great God he is. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus by confessing our sins to him. All the precious things in the world are free. God gave forgiveness, the most precious gift free of cost for you and me and our children and those to come, whom we will not see in this life.
He(Jesus) was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed. – Isaiah 53:5
Born Again:
Jesus not only forgives our past mistakes through his death on the cross, but he adopted us as his own children. Why do we need adoption? We inherit evil thoughts from our birth. No one needs to teach us how to do the wrong things. Once we become children of Jesus, like a father corrects his children Jesus convicts, corrects, and guides us. He guards us against all evil thoughts. Not only that. As a child of the most high God, no one can accuse or punish us. We can always run under the wings of God’s shelter and live a peaceful life. Does it cost anything? Yes. It cost you and my lifetime commitment and obedience to His commandments.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. – 2 Corinthians 5:17
Eternal Life
When we are forgiven, adopted as a child of God, and follow diligently, we can no longer be judged and put to eternal death. With God himself as a father who can raise against you and who can condemn you? God will lead you to eternal life which is everlasting in the glorious heaven. After his death, Jesus rose again on the third day. The grave and the cross could not contain him. He is praying for us to stand before God so that we can have a victorious life on earth. You can overcome the struggles through His (Jesus’s) prayers.
For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
– John 3:16
Dear Friend, it does not matter what you have done in the past. God can forgive you and give you a new life if only you can commit your life to Jesus. I wish and pray that God will speak to you today. Will you allow God to speak to you and love you unconditionally? Please give a chance in your life to the God who created you and took all the shame to save you. He did it for you. Wherever you are please go down to your knees and confess your sins. God is willing to touch you right and change your life. Would you pray the prayer along with me?
Dear God, Thank you for sending your son Jesus Christ to forgive my mistakes. Who else can forgive my mistake and who else can save me from death? Change my life. You know my heart and my deepest thoughts. You know my situation. Let my eyes focus on you. My hope comes from you. I put all my trust in you. Come into my heart. Thank you for the supreme sacrifice you have made to forgive my sins. Jesus, please forgive me and wash me with your precious blood. Make me clean. I believe in you and want to follow you with all my heart. I pray in Jesus’s name, Amen.
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