Who is Jesus?
The Son of God, born of a virgin, who came to deliver us from the consequences of our wrong-doing. He taught forgiveness, humility. justice, and love for all. He healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, forgave His enemies, and changed the world.
(Matthew 16:13-16, Matthew 1:18-25, John 1:29, Mark 1:32-34, 40-42, Matthew 5:43-45)
All of us have done wrong, knowing it was wrong, and yet have done it anyway. This makes us guilty. Jesus was unjustly sentenced to death, to take our place, so we could be set free from our guilt.
(Romans 3:23, Revelation 20:12-15, Romans 5:6-8, John 3:16-21)
Why Did He Die?
Did He Actually Rise Again? Where’s the Evidence?
No one in history survived a full Roman crucifixion, a body has never been produced, and Jesus' death is one of the most sure facts in history. Historical documents also show that Jesus' followers claimed to have seen Jesus alive and well with them for many days after his confirmed death. They didn't gain wealth, pleasure, or power, but threats, imprisonment, beatings, and death for what they claimed.
(Pliny the Younger, Babylonian Talmud, Lucian of Samosata, Tacitus, Josephus, Polycarp, the Gospels, 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, 12-22, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs)
What Does that Have to do With Me?
We are all guaranteed to die and after this we will be judged by God based on how we lived. If we don't put our trust in Jesus and accept His sacrifice for us, then we will be found guilty of our wrongdoing and sentenced accordingly. We may think to bring up all the good we've done but we are not on trial for the good but the bad (we wouldn't let a murderer go free even though they lived a mostly good life).
Jesus took our punishment so we don't have to, but He won't force you to accept it. Faith in Jesus sets us free from our justly deserved punishment and grants us a new life to be better than how we were.
(2 Corinthians 5:10, John 8:24, 34-36, John 10:10, Ephesians 2:8-9, Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9-13)
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