|
The Plan!
… God the Father was not willing that we should all die and go to hell. His plan was to send His Son Jesus to die in our place. Jesus is the only One who could be our substitute because He is the only One who is sinless and so has no sins for which He must die. He could die instead of us.
The Bible says:
God demonstrated His love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
... Jesus, who is Himself God, was willing to be born as a baby, live on earth, suffer and die on the cross for our sake to fulfill the Father's plan. The Father's plan was to bring us lost sinners back into His family.
The Bible says
God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. II Corinthians 5:19
... Christ's death on the cross totally defeated all evil powers -- Satan, evil spirits, and death. His shed blood provides cleansing from sin and power over evil.
The Bible says:
Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might destroy him who bas the power of death -- that is, the devil -and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. Hebrews 2.14-15
|
|
