Why did GOD die for us?

Praise God for a wonderful and another fruitful Monday morning!

P. Ro's message "Why did God die for us?", taken from Romans 5, gave us the opportunity to ponder on things we thought we knew was right. He made it clear to the group that Jesus died on the cross so that EVERYONE MAY LIVE, but not necessarily to live and go to heaven but to have life after death and face God either as thier Saviour or as thier Judge.

Here are some notes:

- If Jesus died for everyone so that all may go to heaven then there's no point of sharing the gospel.

- "Religion" usually tries hard to get to heaven that it tends to forget why Jesus came down to us and died on the cross.

- If a person is really good, how come he needs a savior?

- Adam sinned and we're all going to die (Gen 1:3, we'll die spiritually) but Jesus came and saved us from death.

- Jesus is the one we call on to when we pray because He is the only one who can hear us. Mary (mother of Jesus) was just like you and me, an instrument of God the father.

- Sovereignty; God will always be God.

- God will either be your Saviour or your Judge when we die and face Him in life after death.

- His name will be glorified in heaven, on earth and even in hell.

- You only get baptized when you get to understand why Jesus came and died for us.

- a Saint is anyone who believes in Jesus, not anyone who can perform miracles.

- The 2nd advent or 2nd coming of the Lord Jesus, everything happens in preparation of HIS 2nd coming.


ROMANS 5
1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a]have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we[b] rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only so, but we[c] also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ
12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned— 13for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. 14Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.
15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

18Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. 19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

20The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.