The Reason
Posted 04-29-2014 at 10:07 AM by snowduck
Isaiah 64:6 (NIV) - We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. - I think that all to often today we hear of the need for Jesus Christ and though it does come up, it seems to me we don't hear why we need him enough. And I think the why is crucial for churches trying to reach the non-Christian. I think it's only natural for non-Christians to say "what do I need Christ for?" Without knowing why we need a Savior, the Gospel sounds ridiculous and unnecessary (1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God). - Adam and Eve fell into sin in the Garden of Eden and since then all people ever born are sinful and had/have a sinful nature that wants to control us and causes us to want to go our own way instead of God's way. Easton's Bible dictionary describes sin as 'any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God'. God's first promise of a Savior was made when he was talking to Satan in Genesis 3:15 - (And I will put enmity (a very deep unfriendly feeling) between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel”). - Enmity is exactly what's happening between Christ and Satan. And each of them are calling to us and despite his claims Satan can only offer us death and destruction, while as our Savior Christ can offer us salvation and eternal life. What About Jesus?
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