God in human form:
- Allows His own creation to arrest, humiliate, mock, and beat Him
- Is falsely accused and sentenced to die in an unjust trial
- Is hung naked and bloody on a cross high up on a hill as a criminal
- Uses His last breath in this form to forgive His creation
- Takes on EVERY SIN from EVERY ONE OF US, forcing the Father to turn away from Him
- Has His bruised and battered body wrapped up and laid in a grave
- Defeats death and the grave
- Rises again to life, giving a hope that has never been known
Impossible, you say? Yes, it absolutely is – except when God is involved. This miraculous, life-giving event changed the world. And it can change you, too. For each of us, we must come to realize:
- Our humiliating sin is ours alone
- We stand justly accused of our sin
- We are deserving of death as a criminal
- Forgiveness can only be found when we call out to Christ
- That EVERY ONE OF OUR SINS has been taken away by the blood of Jesus
- We must be buried in death with Him
- That only because of His victory over death and the grave can we rise
- We rise to new life in Him, to follow Him all our days
Thank God, He is risen!
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