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Why
did Jesus come? Was it to "try" to save humanity? Was it to see "how
many would save themselves?" We'd like to suggest that there is
more noble, more divine answer to this question.
If it is true that Jesus came to save the world (John
12:47), we need to ask: has He has failed in his mission? If so many,
many people today still don't "know Him," what's happened here?
Was the sacrifice of the Son of God "of none effect?" We want to
present another view of what the importance of Jesus is for the whole
world, and we can do that rather quickly, by focusing on a few
simple scripture verses in Romans 5:
...For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death
of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his
life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Wherefore, as by
one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death
passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin
was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that
had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is
the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also
is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead,
much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one
man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one
that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to
condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto
justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much
more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as
by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation;
even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men
unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many
were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made
righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound.
But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath
reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness
unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
You
can see from the verses above that the obedience of Christ had a wider,
more powerful, all-encompassing effect than the fall of Adam did.
Christ is the New Adam, and we are all in Him now. We continue to hear
time and again how Adam's sin sent us all into condemnation. But we
mustn't stop there, because God is not "unfair" or "unjust"
with mankind. And He is doesn't gamble with His creatures.
So if God
condemned all mankind due to one sin (Adam's), it was only in
order for Him to save mankind through the goodness of another Man
(Jesus Christ).
And this is what Jesus came to do: cancel
the condemnation brought to all mankind through Adam. -And He succeeded
in His mission!
All have been put in sin in order for God to put us all into righteousness.
Now some people may say, "well if everybody is already saved, then we can live how we like, it doesn't make any difference!"
To
this I can only say, read Romans 6. If you have tasted something of the
goodness of the Lord, would you honestly want to go back?? What's more,
we cannot always
live "as we like," because we share this world with other people, and
we are often limited in what we can or cannot do by law or through the
need to respect our fellow beings.
Isn't it better to live loving God and man, being thankful that He truly loves and cares for us?
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a talented singer/songwriter is Tony Bardon! Enjoy his songs-- they're free! -God bless you, Tony!
Updated February 05, 2010