WHAT IF JESUS CHRIST NEVER DIED AS MANY CLAIM.

 WHAT IF JESUS CHRIST NEVER DIED AS MANY CLAIM.

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi 

John 8:21,23-24

[21]said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 

[23]And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 

[24]I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. '

One of the reasons why the religious people of Jesus' time and now find it difficult to understand how Jesus Christ can be 100% person God and man is the fact that he came in human flesh .

  Jesus Christ warned us against judging  based on physical values because something can be both spirit and flesh.

The Bible says in John 7: 24 "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

 Jesus Christ said ' I am from above" therefore , he should not be seen as any of the prophets . None of the prophets was from above but earthly . Jesus Christ was born through an immaculate conception by a virgin Mary with no earthy  biological father .

 The apostle Peter declared that “Christ died for sins, once for all” (1 Peter 3:18). 

The apostle Paul observed that “Christ died for our sins, according to Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3). Why did Jesus have to die for our sins? The bible says We all have sinned (Romans 3:23) and the consequence is death (6:23). We all deserve God's judgement, condemnation, and eternal dheaven

unless God intervened himself . The world was polluted with sin and cursed . The priests, sacrifices and temple was defiled. For divine justice to be fulfilled God created a new priest , sacrifice and temple all in Jesus Christ. 

  Jesus Christ was the once-and -for -all sacrifice that replaced centuries of animal sacrifices in the Jewish tabernacles and temples, performed to atone for the sins of the people, Religious duties cannot take away sins that is why we repeat pilgrimages , fastings, oblations etc. A sinner cannot deliver himself from sin , only a saviour can save a sinner from his sins. This saviour must have the power to forgive sins. Jesus Christ demonstrated his power to forgive sins in Mark 2:5  "When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. " only God can forgive sins. 

  Those persons who believe they can only be saved through their religious duties will perish in their sins . Jesus Christ said John 8:24

[24]I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. ' The proof of this is the constant state of guilt in all humans . No body can truly say they are perfect and without sins and become as righteous as God. For you to enter heaven you must be perfect and as righteous as God and that can only happen through a saviour . 

  The crucifixion of Jesus was not a historical accident. It was a carefully planned event, in line with the scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3) to make us as holy as God once and for all .Hebrews 9:26,28

[26]For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

[28]So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."

Prayer : Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the holy spirit and power to proclaim the gospel .

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