HOW GOD SATISFIES BOTH HIS LOVE AND HIS JUSTICE?

-JESUS CHRIST

        God the Father sentenced us to death. Then God the Son, the Son of God took upon himself the form of man by being conceived in the womb of a virgin girl by the power of the Holy Spirit to begin his earthly ministry. He went about doing good, healing all who were oppressed by the devil (Acts 10:38) and lived a totally sinless life.

         Then he died in our place. As the scripture says, “He tasted death for every man. (Heb 2:9) He rose from the dead on the third day and showed himself alive by many infallible proofs for 40 days. Then he ascended back into Heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. He will remain there until God the Father gives the word and then he will come back. He will bring with him those who died and went to heaven and resurrect our bodies at the same time – totally triumphing over death! (1 Thes. 4:13-18)

Jesus said, “I am going to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (John 14:2-3)

His second coming will also be a time on the wicked

            He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thes 1:6-8)

Then he will rule the earth for 1000 years of peace after that the Bible says there will be a new heaven and a new earth – But Jesus kingdom will never end. By his death and resurrection, Jesus purchased us for himself.

You are not your own, you are bought with a price. (1 Cor 6:19,20)

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from our forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. (1 Peter 1:18-19)

YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THIS GOOD NEWS AND ACT UPON IT. BY RECEIVING THIS ETERNAL LIFE IS A FREE GIFT.

Believing that Jesus Christ is God the son in human form is an absolute necessity to receiving salvation

Receiving eternal life means if you die physically, your spirit will go right to heaven. Jesus will even resurrect our mortal bodies and change them into glorified bodies at the end of the age-the last day! (1 Cor. 15)

Repeating – Jesus said, “If you don’t believe I’m the one I claim to be you’ll indeed die in your sins.” SO BELIEVING DOESN’T MEAN ACKNOWLEDGING JESUS EXISTED, WAS A TEACHER, A GOODMAN, OR EVEN A MIRACLES WORKER. IT MEANS BELIEVING HE IS THE SON OF GOD.

WHO JESUS CHRIST IS

GOD THE SON IN HUMAN FORM.

Jesus pre-existed as God the son before his birth on earth. The following Scripture show that Jesus existed as the eternal Son of God before he came to earth as the baby born of a virgin.

 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from old, from ancient times. (Micah 5:2)

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “ before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8:58)

WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT HIMSELF

“I AM THE FATHER ARE ONE,” (John10:30)

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF JESUS RECEIVING WORSHIP

   Then the man said, “ Lord, I believe,” and he worshipped him. (John 9:38)

   Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said unto him, “My Lord and my God.” (John 20:27,28)

That is who Jesus is. Now this is what he did!

The Books that Prove Man’s Guilt

 THE BIBLE says, “Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the Throne, and the books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judge according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judge according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fireis the second death. If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” (Rev 20:11-15)

The Book of life contains only names. It is roll book. It contains all the names those who “believed” and “acted” upon God’s promise and received eternal life.

The other books are record books of sin and failure kept on each person, one book for each person. If you are judge from the record book kept on you – you’ll be cast into the lake of fire.

Note these verses

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way: and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us. (Isaiah 53:6)

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God (2Cor 5:21)

All the iniquity contained in all the books was laid upon Jesus. He paid the penalty for it.

This is the way God satisfied both his love and his justice. God, the judge of the whole world, found us guilty and sentenced us to death. This satisfied his justice. Then to satisfy his love, God the Son came down and took the death penalty for us..…Dying for our sins although He Himself had none!

He earned the gift you could never earn. And everyone who receives this gift of eternal life will never be judge from a record book of sin. Their names will be in God’s roll book, THE BOOK OF LIFE.

           Mentally, I could never grasp why in the mind of God one man could die in the place of millions and call that fair. Why didn’t he have to die over and over and over – one time for each of us?

            One night in prayer I asked God to explain it to me so I could explain it to others. Here is the illustration he gave me.