“Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it” (1 Peter 3.15 NLT).
Why We Need Jesus
Knowledge fosters faith. The more we know about who Jesus is and His purposes on earth and in our lives, the fuller our faith will become. The fuller our faith becomes, the easier it becomes to walk in our destiny.
Jesus is the merging point of our natural and supernatural lives. He is the starting point of all things eternal in the presence of God. Hell is the absence of God. Heaven is the presence. We are separated from God because we can’t be perfect and holy. We demanded the Commandments (Exodus 19.8), yet still we failed to be perfect. So God’s justice and love collide in the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross.
“This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins” (1 John 4.10 NLT).
We can be in God’s presence even in our imperfect state because of the Finished Work of Jesus on the Cross. Jesus allowed Himself to be born into flesh to live a perfect human life and die for the sins of humanity. Jesus gives us His perfection and takes our sin (1 Peter 2.24), so we have been made right with God through Christ (Romans 5.1). Now we can be in the presence of God.
First, God gives us His presence in the form of the Holy Spirit while we are in this earth (Acts 2.38). Second, we enter into Heaven (the presence of God) once our bodies die (Romans 6.23). All sin has been placed on Jesus; therefore, all life is given through Him. He is the ONLY way to have eternal life with God (John 14.6). Human-centric, try-to-be-good-enough efforts will get us nowhere. The following are 3 reasons why you need Jesus.
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” (Acts 4.12 NIV).
Reason 1 Why We Need Jesus: Jesus is not a Religion
Throughout time, people have tried to organize systems to gain God’s love and entrance to His presence. First of all, God loves us unconditionally even when we were still sinners (Romans 5.8). He is the embodiment of love and extends love to us freely because we are His creation and made in His image (Genesis 1.27).
Second of all, we could never gain access to God in our own strength. We all fall short of God’s holiness (Romans 3.23). Therefore, Christianity is not a religion; it is a faith. Jesus is the Person of God sent to the earth to save us and bring us back to God. All we have to do is believe and receive salvation by faith because of God’s grace (Ephesians 2.8-9). This is the first reason why we need Jesus.
“If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved” (Romans 10.9-10 ESV).
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