WHY JESUS CAME TO DIE
JOHN 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (KJV)
Jesus Christ did not come to die so we can have good behavior. He did not die so we can have money. He did not die so we can have good marriage or perform well in school. He did not come to die so that we can have power to work miracles. He did not come to die so that God can hear our prayers. These are all good. These are all expressions of God’s goodness to all creation. This is because a person can have all these good things without being a Christian.
Jesus Christ came to die and resurrect so that we can have forgiveness of sins and a new life. He came purposely for the salvation of man from the power of sin which is death. He came as the Lamb of God. The wages of sin is death, therefore he became sin for us by substitution and died our death. Anything which was possible and available before his death was not part of the reasons Jesus died.
We also died with him by participation so that as he resurrected from death, we also resurrected with new life. Jesus came and achieved his purpose. Anybody who believes in him enjoys the benefits of why Jesus came. In him we have redemption which is the forgiveness of our sins. In him we have eternal life. outside Jesus there is no life and no forgiveness of sins.
Jesus died for me by substitution and I died to sin and rose with new life by participation.
Matthew 1: 21,
John 3: 16- 18,
1John 5: 11- 12