Motives Why Christ Died For Us:
To Reveal God’s Grace And Love
For Sinners
John 3:16 is measured as the most widely known passage in
scripture. For it is written, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life.” Do you recall the sacrifice in “gave his only Son?” Why is
there not another way to save sinners? Why save sinners at all? Why the
only divine Son? God’s only Son!
Some say that this is divine child abuse that a God would give up
“his only Son.” But the Bible says this is love. For it is written, “For
one will scarcely die for a righteous person-though perhaps for a good
person one would dare even to die- but God shows his love for us in that
while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:7-8).” Notice
that “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” This in of itself is
just extraordinary. Christ died for wretched, miserable, vile, disgusting
criminals. Would you die for a pedophile? Would you die for a
murderer?
This is what Christ died for; pathetic, wicked, detestable,
completely wasted, imperfect, rebellious man. The God of this universe
who ordains the stars and planets and commands them to orbit these
paths and structure themselves in their positions of the universe and
spread themselves accordingly and they all obey in reverence. He orders
the valleys to be cast down and the mountains to be lifted up and they all
bow in reverence. He commands the seas to spread themselves out and
come to this point and come no further and they bow in honor and
reverence. Then he turns to man. He says, “Come.” Man says, “No, No!
I will not!”
DwellingWithGod.com Motives Why Christ Died For Us: To Reveal God’s Grace And Love For Sinners By Jay Gheen
Motives Why Christ Died For Us:
To Reveal God’s Grace And Love
For Sinners
Do you see what God has done to save sinners? Why would he
want to save a tiny planet of cosmic dust filled with wasted criminals?
Does he not demand justice?
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.” Right there is justice. Someone had to carry out
divine wrath. Christ the Son of God sacrificed himself to be carried out
for the slaughter. Out of love and grace for the pitiful sinner and in spite
of man’s worth God the father sacrificed his only son on that tree.
Therefore man and God can be reconciled in full harmony, and man can
glorify God and enjoy him forever.
DwellingWithGod.com Motives Why Christ Died For Us: To Reveal God’s Grace And Love For Sinners By Jay Gheen