Day 22

God’s great plan for the salvation of mankind included the necessity of a Savior, a Redeemer of mankind. There was no other option—Jesus had to be born!
– Jesus had to be born because of mankind’s sin.
Mankind, after the sin of Adam and Eve, would have been eternally lost—cut off from God—had not Jesus come to earth and allowed Himself to be sacrificed in obedience to His Father to save mankind from its sins, which began with the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
– Jesus had to be born because God wanted to reveal His own character to humanity.
Adam and Eve failed to carry out God’s instruction to glorify Him in their lives. It was left for the Son of God, thousands of years later, to ultimately fulfill the divine revelation of God’s character and purpose for man.
– Jesus had to be born to remove the sins of humankind through a perfect sacrifice.
Earlier, animal sacrifices were imperfect. They could not take away the penalty for sin. Jesus had to be born because, without the true sacrifice, humanity was doomed. All would die, with no hope beyond the grave.
– Jesus had to be born for mankind to have a Mediator.
A mediator was needed because mankind could not be reconciled to God on their own. Neither could God forgive sin without justice being satisfied. A mediator was needed to make things right; someone who was perfectly sinless, yet human to pay the sin debt of mankind.
– Jesus had to be born for God to make His Spirit available to all humankind.
Jesus had to pay the penalty for our sins through His own death, then be resurrected to ascend to the Father as our High Priest. Only then would humanity be able to receive and benefit from the incredible gift of God’s Holy Spirit.
Through Christ, God has restored that which was lost in the Garden of Eden. Through the sacrifice of Christ, God has made possible this right relationship with mankind..
THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR LOVE!
“’…..God Himself put it this way: “I’ll live in them, move into them; I’ll be their God and they’ll be My people.'” (2 Corinthians 6:16)