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  1. Mar 18, 2016 · Jesus had to die to completely identify with humanity. Man is born to trouble (Job 5:7), and that trouble ends in death. As children of Adam and Eve, we are born to die, and death has spread to all (Romans 5:12). Through His life, Jesus identified with the misery of humanity. He was born in danger and humility, lived most of His life in ...

  2. In that sense, Jesus dies to open the way for humanity to return to God (cf. John 10:9-10, 17:20-23). And when Jesus is raised back to life as the same human, he exposes a well-hidden secret about death. We have (reasonably) assumed that death marks the ultimate end of human life, but Jesus’ resurrection says otherwise. The resurrection of ...

  3. Feb 14, 2024 · Jesus, God’s Son, came to earth to make our reconciliation with God possible. Matthew 20:28 reminds us that he “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”. In theological terms, this is called “substitutionary atonement.”. Christ died on the cross as our substitute.

  4. Jan 4, 2007 · He lived a life of risk. He says, “in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brethren; in toil and hardship, through many sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, without food, in cold and exposure.

  5. This is the first great truth, the first reason for which Christ died: He died for our sins. Turn to Romans 5:10 and notice another reason: “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”. Here is the second reason for which Christ died: to ...

  6. Apr 10, 2020 · Theologically, from God’s perspective, we may mention two main reasons. 1. Jesus Died to Bring Us Near to God. Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. (1 Pet. 3:18) The purpose of bringing us to God implies that, prior to Jesus dying, we were far away.

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  8. Apr 28, 2019 · Mark 8:31. Then Jesus began to tell them that he, the Son of Man, would suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the leaders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, and three days later he would rise again. (NLT) (Also, Mark 9:31) Mark 10:32-34. Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus once more began ...

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