Wednesday, April 1, 2009

God the Eternal Son in His great mercy willingly came to earth on a rescue mission through the womb of a woman to seek and save that which was lost (rescue sinners) (Luke 19:10); (2 Cor 5:19). Sin could not be swept under the cosmic rug nor could it be overlooked without God appearing unrighteous, or being looked upon as being a liar. Sin will be punished, God is a loving Father, but at the same time He is a Just Judge. God’s righteousness would be called into question and rightfully so if God did not punish evil.
God refrained from destroying all of humanity on the day that Adam and Eve rebelled by allowing them to live and have children.If God had dealt with Adam and Eve as they deserved He would have destroyed them on the day of their rebellion, and banished them from His eternal kingdom.Since all of humanity came from the loins of our first parents their end would have been ours, and therefore the end of the human race.God in mercy spared our first parents and chose to demonstrate both His love for humanity and His hatred of sin by sending Christ the Eternal Son of God to rescue us. Christ the Eternal Son willingly absorbed in His own body the wrath due our sins so that we could be reconciled to God. When we look at the cross we should see how terrible our rebellion against God is, and that sin cannot go unpunished. Those who refuse God’s infinite love displayed in Christ’s life, death, and resurrection will face God’s just wrath in the future. The beauty of God’s grace shines brightly in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ for our sins. (John 3:17) For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him. (John 1:29) "Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. There is only one remedy for our sins and today you can receive it through believing in the life,death, and resurrection of Jesus for the forgiveness of sin.