Imagine going into traffic court and telling the judge that you had 70,000 traffic violations! But most of us have to deal with a lot more sin than these simple three sins a day. How will we stand before a perfectly righteous judge who refuses to violate his justice and think we will get off the hook? We cannot. Jesus had to die! That’s why love must be wonderful beyond comprehension. God’s Romans God demonstrates his own love for us, in that 5:8 says: “But while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” must be a free gift. Christ’s salvation Romans the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is 6:23: “For eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Illustration: This is perhaps illustrated best by the thief on the cross. His salvation shows that salvation is all by grace through faith and not He had no time to build up good works and think through works. somehow he would get saved by them. No, he threw himself on God’s mercy by faith, and Jesus said that he would be with him that very day in Paradise. Question 3: so important about God raising Jesus from the dead? What’s [Read exactly] Answer: The resurrection of Jesus demonstrates that God possesses both the power and the right to forgive us our sins and to resurrect us in the final, future resurrection. Actually, the apostle Paul says that the without the Christian faith crumbles resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:14-17 Christ has not been raised, then our preaching …if is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are
Imagine going into traffic court and telling the judge that you had 70,000 traffic violations! But most of us have to deal with a lot more sin than these simple three sins a day. How will we stand before a perfectly righteous judge who refuses to violate his justice and think we will get off the hook? We cannot. That’s why Jesus had to die! God’s love must be wonderful beyond comprehension. Romans 5:8 says: “But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Christ’s salvation must be a free gift. Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Illustration: This is perhaps illustrated best by the thief on the cross. His salvation shows that salvation is all by grace through faith and not through works. He had no time to build up good works and think somehow he would get saved by them. No, he threw himself on God’s mercy by faith, and Jesus said that he would be with him that very day in Paradise. Question 3: What’s so important about God raising Jesus from the dead? [Read exactly] Answer: The resurrection of Jesus demonstrates that God possesses both the power and the right to forgive us our sins and to resurrect us in the final, future resurrection. Actually, the apostle Paul says that the Christian faith crumbles without the resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:14-17 …if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are