What was the purpose of Jesus dying on the cross?
And how his is one saved?
John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Romans 5:1-2
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 10:9-11
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
Faith first which breaks down the barrier between us and the Father. Therefore we can come before his throne through faith.
Father child relationship restored as a result of what Jesus did.
We did nothing to earn it and we can nothing to keep it.
So the primary purpose was reconciliation through Jesus to the Father.
That being the case in a sense we can walk with God like Adam and Eve did.
Every day in a relationship based on love.
The secondary reason is this
Sorry but going to post the whole chapter because to me it emcompansess it all
Ephesians 2:1-10
Chapter 2
By Grace Through Faith
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Notice verse 10. WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS WHICH GOD PREPARES BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM.
Good works will follow, but by whom and through whom? JESUS IN US.
Thirdly and this I am very passionate about and I will try to keep countenance here because I can get emotional about it.
Our Father considers the whole being of his children, that being the case it's not just about works it's about the person.
I have read many a post that seems to indicate
You don't work then you are not saved. This is what I get they are saying is the following.
You don't overcome the vile sins of the flesh then you are not saved.
Thats what I call sin management that takes the focus of John 3:16.
A person may be struggling as a result of life experiences and therefore to judge them for that as a matter of fact is wrong.
It is pharisee at the very core.
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and their attitude, it made him angry. You place burdens on them and do not lift a finger to help them. Millstone, neck come to mind.
Praise Jesus he went to to downtrodden and just loved them, to me it was that love that set them free to be like him.
We must do the same.
The Holy Spirit wants to heal us of all things that restrict our walk with God.
If we don't know the true love of a Father, we will walk in a way to appease the Father but underneath we it is nothing to do with love. It's I hope you don't beat up on me.
The same could be said that if we don't know the love of Father and think of ourselves as dirty rotten sinners how will we walk?
It's all about love, and it's that love that drives us. To be like Jesus, walk like him he like him and get behind the scene of someone's life who hasn't quite got that yet.
Never right people off based on what we think the bar that should be reached.
Get alongside people, love them where they are at. If we do then If they are struggling in their walk they will be more open to talk about it.
Then we can be like Jesus.
