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Quote by: Quismo could someone explain this "dying for our sins" to me? the whole idea of death bringing forth salvation sounds pretty rediculous to me :/ |
Throughout the Old Testament, a blood sacrifice was required to atone the sins of man. Although it made little sense to them, the requirement for this was the blood of a spotless lamb. However, every year the people of Israel looked forward to the time that the prophets described that the Lion of Judah would become the Lamb of God and take our sins away. Jesus had to be fully man to die, and had to be fully God for his death to atone for the sins of mankind for all time. dying for our sins takes care of Romans 3:23 "for the wages of sin is death." if the wages of sin is death, what happens if Jesus takes those wages from us? we then receive life, as the rest of the verse says, "for the wages of sin is death BUT the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 5:8
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
When Jesus died on the cross He paid sin's penalty. He paid the cosmic price for all sin, and when He took all the sins of the world on Himself on the cross, He bought us out of slavery to sin and death! The only condition is that we believe in Him and what He has done for us, understanding that we are now joined with Him, and that He is our life.
Because He loved us and gave Himself for us!
Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:9-10
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
and finally, after all this, if you have received Him, He gives you the power to become the child of God.
John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: