Has anyone ever loved you to death? For example, my grandparents (being Chinese) enjoy adding the word "death" to love, to emphasize how much they love me. And what is the most extreme expression of love, you have ever received? 999 stalks of roses from your boyfriend or a brand new Perodua Kelisa from Dad?
No, no one has given me stalks of roses, neither my Dad has given me a new card (though I wish he would!.. hehe)
But I know someone who loved me to death... literally, and that is the most extreme expression of love I have ever known. This person?
My Lord Jesus Christ.
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I have been Christian my whole life, but I never knew the significance of Jesus' death 'till last year when I re-discovered my faith. And today I would like to share with you, what I have discovered.
In the beginning God created Adam & Eve (the first human beings on earth!) Adam & Eve sinned because they ate the forbidden fruit from the.. (you guessed it) forbidden tree, thus disobeying God's commands and the result of that: Sin crept in to Mankind, and made all man inclined to sin. And we proved that to be true. OK OK. Moving on.. Sin seperated God & Man and there is mega-huge gap.
But because God loves Man so much, He decides that the only way to bring His people back to Him is through the death of His only Son, Jesus Christ. So he sent down Jesus to be crucified and to die for the Sin of mankind. (It's like a just judge convicting his mother of a crime, instead of putting his mom into prison; the judge takes her place. Thus fulfulling the duty as a just judge & loving son)
Thus bridging the gap between Man & God. So that is why Jesus is the Way, the Truth & the Life and no one goes to the Father except through Him. In other words no one gets to heaven except through Jesus.
3 days after His death Jesus was resurrected and He ascended into heaven. And His resurrection signifies our resurrection too. Because He rose, through Him we can too.
But because God love us so much and is a true Gentleman, He does not force us to enter heaven; rather he lets us do so willingly. That is why in John 3:16, Jesus says: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
The conclusion:
Jesus died for me & for you. I responded to His call.
Have you?
