How does the death of a perfect being allow for our redemption?
Because that was God's plan!
There were over 600 law's under the old covenant that had to be followed. These law's were very strict and had to be obeyed. If you slipped on just one, if you simply had one improper thought, you had sinned. And prior to contrary to popular belief, you CAN earn your way to heaven. How? By living a 100% perfect life from conception to death. But once you break even the smallest of these laws, you were guilty of breaking them all and have lost that chance forever. The first time you kick for food in the womb and place your wants in front of your mothers, you are guilty.
JAS 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"* also said, "Do not murder." If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
When they broke one of the laws, there was sin. And no longer could earn heaven. And this happened 100% of the time (excluding Jesus).
RO 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
And what does this mean? What must happen when we sin?
RO 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death"
So the penalty for sin is death. How did they avoid this death? God gave them an out. There had to be a sacrifice (death) of a perfect lamb. That death did not cleanse them of their sin, but paid the price for them. (Kind of like paying for a speeding ticket doesn't remove the offense, but gets you off the hook for it). That is at least until their next sin, then their next sacrifice, then the next sin, etc.
This continued throughout the entire Old Covenant time. Why? Because that was the law, that is what had to be done. So what changed and why?
Basically, God said to His people, "See, you can't do it alone. I've given you 4000 years and not one person has made it. No not one." God then removed the Old Covenant way out (the sacrifices). Now He sent His Son. He had the physical attributes and limitations of man and could be tempted. But yet He was still God, and still perfect.
Now, instead of God making us sacrifice a perfect lamb each time we sinned, He made His Son the perfect lamb and perfect sacrifice for all of us for all time. Satan was more than happy to trade Jesus for the relative handful of people that would follow Him. So Jesus paid the price for His followers, that everyone, because of sin, deserves to pay.
We all still sin. We all still deserve to go to Hell. It is not unfair that some people go to Hell because its not unfair to get what you deserve. The only unfair part is that believers do not get what we deserve because Jesus already paid the debt that we could not. He was condemned in our place.
In His service… Arthur Smith
How does the death of a perfect being allow for our redemption? Because that was God's plan!
There were over 600 law's under the old covenant that had to be followed. These law's were very strict and had to be obeyed. If you slipped on just one, if you simply had one improper thought, you had sinned. And prior to contrary to popular belief, you CAN earn your way to heaven. How? By living a 100% perfect life from conception to death. But once you break even the smallest of these laws, you were guilty of breaking them all and have lost that chance forever. The first time you kick for food in the womb and place your wants in front of your mothers, you are guilty.
JAS 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"* also said, "Do not murder." If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
When they broke one of the laws, there was sin. And no longer could earn heaven. And this happened 100% of the time (excluding Jesus).
RO 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
And what does this mean? What must happen when we sin?
RO 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death"
So the penalty for sin is death. How did they avoid this death? God gave them an out. There had to be a sacrifice (death) of a perfect lamb. That death did not cleanse them of their sin, but paid the price for them. (Kind of like paying for a speeding ticket doesn't remove the offense, but gets you off the hook for it). That is at least until their next sin, then their next sacrifice, then the next sin, etc.
This continued throughout the entire Old Covenant time. Why? Because that was the law, that is what had to be done. So what changed and why?
Basically, God said to His people, "See, you can't do it alone. I've given you 4000 years and not one person has made it. No not one." God then removed the Old Covenant way out (the sacrifices). Now He sent His Son. He had the physical attributes and limitations of man and could be tempted. But yet He was still God, and still perfect.
Now, instead of God making us sacrifice a perfect lamb each time we sinned, He made His Son the perfect lamb and perfect sacrifice for all of us for all time. Satan was more than happy to trade Jesus for the relative handful of people that would follow Him. So Jesus paid the price for His followers, that everyone, because of sin, deserves to pay.
We all still sin. We all still deserve to go to Hell. It is not unfair that some people go to Hell because its not unfair to get what you deserve. The only unfair part is that believers do not get what we deserve because Jesus already paid the debt that we could not. He was condemned in our place.
In His service… Arthur Smith
