I know, why would I be writing something that we already know, “God Sent Jesus”? Well I think that I need reminding sometimes. Not that I need reminding that Jesus is my savior. Not that I need reminding that Jesus died for my sins so that I would not have to experience that death. The reminder is that “God Sent Jesus” for those purposes, knowing full well what would happen.
“3For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” — Romans 8:3-4 (ESV)
God Sent Jesus to die for me so that I would not have to. He gave up the life of His son intentionally to ensure that would be able to live on in this world. I have been given the second chance that all wish to have in life.
What a concept that, who have sons, find almost impossible to think about and embrace. The giving of my sons for the life of others. The intentional sending of my sons to die in the place of others. Sacrificing their lives so that others would have the opportunity to continue with the lives of their own. Thankfully, God does not require that of any of us. In fact, there is an instance where God did ask that of someone, Abraham to give Isaac, in sacrifice. And even in that instance, God spared Isaac and the actions of Abraham, not requiring the sacrifice at all.
God Sent Jesus to fulfill the punishment for sin. Jesus took on all of our sin and died thanks to God’s divine intervention in our lives to spare us difficulty and tragedy of sacrificing our sons for our own salvation. God Sent Jesus for me.
What is your view of the coming of Jesus on this world? Are you thinking of the idea that God Sent Jesus? What if we looked at it from the perspective of “God Sent Jesus” as opposed to Jesus coming, what does it do to how you look at the salvation offered by the death of Jesus?
Trevor's Thoughts 