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Why Did Jesus Christ Suffer And Die? (2)

By S. K. Abiara
12 April 2015   |   7:30 am
FOR many reasons, Christ suffered and died. Why would you not embrace him as your Saviour from sin and judgment, and live with God eternally? God publicly endorsed Christ’s accomplishment by raising Him from the dead, proving the success of His suffering and death.
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Pastor Abiara, General Evangelist CAC Worldwide.

FOR many reasons, Christ suffered and died. Why would you not embrace him as your Saviour from sin and judgment, and live with God eternally? God publicly endorsed Christ’s accomplishment by raising Him from the dead, proving the success of His suffering and death. Here is some of what Jesus accomplished for us: Jesus’ death destroyed enmity between races

“For Christ Himself has made peace between us Jews and you Gentiles by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us. By His death, He ended the whole system of Jewish law that excluded the Gentiles by creating in Himself one new person from the two groups. Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of His death, and our hostility towards each other was put to death”-Eph. 2:14-16.

The mistrust, preconception, and demeaning attitudes among Jews and non-Jews in Bible times were as serious as the racial, ethnic, and national hostilities today. Jesus died to create a whole new way for races to be reconciled. God sent His Son into the world, as the only means of saving sinners and reconciling races. Jesus Christ’s death absorbs the wrath of God

God sent His own Son, Jesus, to divert sins’ punishment from us to Himself. God “loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation”—the wrath absorbing substitute—“for our sins” 1 John 4:10. Jesus died accursed so that we would escape the curse of the law.

“Anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse,” says Deuteronomy 21:23. Because of this verse, Jews considered any crucified person to be condemned by God. “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13). The law’s demands have been fulfilled by Christ’s perfect law keeping, its penalty fully paid by His death. This is why the Bible teaches that getting right with God is not based on law-keeping: “A person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ”- Galatians 2:16. Our only hope is having the blood and righteousness of Christ credited to our account.

Jesus Christ’s sacrifice reconciles us to God God in His wisdom and mercy took the steps we could not take to remove His own judgment on mankind by sending Jesus to suffer in our place: “While we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son” (Romans 5:10). As many that receives what God has already done through Jesus, is saved and has eternal life.

Jesus’ suffering and death show God’s love for sinners .The measurement of God’s love is simply Jesus Christ. “For God so love the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life”- John 3:16. A commentator said, “When we add the horrific crucifixion that Christ endured, it becomes clear that the sacrifice the Father and the Son made to save us was indescribably great!” “God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Our debt is so great, only a divine sacrifice could pay it.

 

Prophet Abiara, General Evangelist, CAC Worldwide. skabiaraofciem@yahoo.co.uk

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