What would have happened if Jesus had not been crucified? Why is his suffering important?
Father God sent His Son to the world in order to save it. How did Jesus save the world ? Well, the world needs saving. Why? Everyone is a sinner and it is our own sins that condemn us each to hell. The only way to prevent our condemnation to hell is for Father God to forgive all of our sins. God forgives ALL of our sins the moment that we put what little faith we have on Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Salvation is simple and its eternal. God made salvation simple and easy for us.
It is NOT a blanket salvation. Without repentance and acceptance, you are destined for hell. This is where most of the world gets it wrong. Confirmation doesn't get you saved anymore than being born Catholic or Baptist or whatever. You aren't born a Christian, It isn't inherited in your ancestry. You MUST make a willing, conscious CHOICE to receive His Gift, or you are doomed to everlasting hell and misery. Another thing many Christians get wrong is their hatred of the Jews who crucified Christ. Actually, it was the Romans who crucified Him, NOT the Jews; but most of the world blames the Jews. Well guess what? Regardless of who you use as a scapegoat, your anger is misplaced because if Christ had not been crucified, YOU and every other inhabitant of planet earth would be doomed to hell.
If Jesus hadn’t died on the cross, if He escaped the Roman authority and fled without being arrested, then He wouldn’t have been crucified. Without Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross, salvation would not have been fulfilled. That would be horrible. It would mean that all sinners went to hell. We would have no hope.
But thankfully, Jesus allowed Himself to be arrested. He allowed Himself to be crucified on the cross. It is His final, atoning sacrifice on the cross that fulfills salvation for all mankind.
Romans 3: 23-24
23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Acts 16:31 (KJV)
“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
What would have happened if Jesus had not been crucified? Why is his suffering important?
Father God sent His Son to the world in order to save it. How did Jesus save the world ? Well, the world needs saving. Why? Everyone is a sinner and it is our own sins that condemn us each to hell. The only way to prevent our condemnation to hell is for Father God to forgive all of our sins. God forgives ALL of our sins the moment that we put what little faith we have on Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Salvation is simple and its eternal. God made salvation simple and easy for us.
It is NOT a blanket salvation. Without repentance and acceptance, you are destined for hell. This is where most of the world gets it wrong. Confirmation doesn't get you saved anymore than being born Catholic or Baptist or whatever. You aren't born a Christian, It isn't inherited in your ancestry. You MUST make a willing, conscious CHOICE to receive His Gift, or you are doomed to everlasting hell and misery. Another thing many Christians get wrong is their hatred of the Jews who crucified Christ. Actually, it was the Romans who crucified Him, NOT the Jews; but most of the world blames the Jews. Well guess what? Regardless of who you use as a scapegoat, your anger is misplaced because if Christ had not been crucified, YOU and every other inhabitant of planet earth would be doomed to hell.
If Jesus hadn’t died on the cross, if He escaped the Roman authority and fled without being arrested, then He wouldn’t have been crucified. Without Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross, salvation would not have been fulfilled. That would be horrible. It would mean that all sinners went to hell. We would have no hope.
But thankfully, Jesus allowed Himself to be arrested. He allowed Himself to be crucified on the cross. It is His final, atoning sacrifice on the cross that fulfills salvation for all mankind.
Romans 3: 23-24
23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Acts 16:31 (KJV)
“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”