Three Eternal Destinies of Man? SEEING THE WORTH OF MESSIAH (part 3)
David
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Seeing the Worth of Messiah
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To understand that man is born with the possibility to do good is to
begin to understand the value of what Yahshua did by paying for our
sins. Rather than being helpless puppets doomed to a life of depravity,
we sin because of choices we willingly make. To sin is to do what you
know you should not do, therefore it requires suppressing the voice
that gives you that knowing - your conscience. It is a matter of
choice. The "cowardly and unbelieving" became that way because of
choices they made, just as "the abominable and murderers and immoral
persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars."
If sin were not a matter of our own choices, but merely our lot from
being born incapable of doing good, then God sending His Son to die for
our sins could hardly be called mercy. Even good people have gone to
great lengths to save the life of a helpless victim like a baby. But
the love of God far surpasses such human responses. It enters into a
dimension of righteousness that is far above that which human beings
can understand in their own experience: His mercy extended to our
deliberate disobedience.
The Son of God partook of man's struggle on this earth and overcame
every obstacle that man faces. No man is without those moments when he
has made choices he knew were bad. No man except Yahshua. He chose
always to do the will of His Father, triumphantly conquering every
obstacle. This qualified Him to be the spotless Lamb needed to pay for
our sins. In death, He paid the full wages of our sins. We were truly
worthy of the torment of death because of the choices we made. He
definitely did not deserve it, yet He chose to receive the full wrath
of God that was due for the sins of the whole world.
If a man cannot see the worth or value of what He did, how could he
possibly make the right response? What you pay to gain something always
reveals its worth to you.
(excerpted from "Three Eternal Destinies?" found at
http://www.TheLitmusTest.org )
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