But I'm not special. You claim to be "special" because you are part of the family of God. I am not. You cannot claim that we are all special, it is a contradiction.to
adjective
adjective:
special
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better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual.
When you guys say "special" you use it as an adjective. Better, greater, superior.
Well, I could see how you might see it that way, but I will tell you how I meant it.
If you think about God in heaven the one who created all things, can have all things and is all. God created us (man) in His image with freedom of choice and we are a special creation, because we were not just created to fulfill God's desire for companionship, we were created in His image with freedom of choice. Now, before Adam and Eve sinned, they fully communed and were companions with God. Being that there was no sin for quite a while, they walked in perfection with God with them on earth and God communing regularly with them. It was only after 'sin' entered the picture that that separated man from God, because God is holy, 100% holy in perfection and a holy God cannot have sin. So even though we don't think of sin as being 'that big of a deal' sin and knowing how to do evil, is what separated us from God.
The only way man and God could ever be reconciled back together, in communion again, was if there was a solution to the 'sin' that separated them.
In the Old Testament, the time of Moses, God gave the Israelite's the 10 Commandments, which if they kept, would have reconciled them back to God, but the problem was man inherient sinful nature and that he could not keep the commandments. So God had another solution. If God Himself, came as a man and lived a life of no sin than the blood of Jesus Christ, shed in His innocence would be a perfect and holy sacrifice for the sins of the world. Now in all of creation, there is only one who is Begotten from the Father, which is His Son, all the rest of creation was created, but not the Son of God. The Son of God was Begotten from the Father. And the Father loved His creation so much that He sent His Only Begotten Son to earth to live the life, not of God on earth, but in the role of a servant on earth. Jesus throughout His entire ministry only served others. When He spoke of Himself, it was to give Glory to His Father and through his perfect life, his blood at His death served as the atonement for our sins and we (those who accept the gift of Christ's sacrifice) are reconciled back to God. That is why a Christian is going to heaven. Not because they are good, they may be no better than you are, it is Jesus that is standing in as a proxy for them on the Day of Judgement. Jesus will stand in their place to be judged by the Father, but there is no sin in Jesus, so there will be no sin held against the person who is in Christ. That's why Christians say that 'Jesus took our place' because He did just that and on Judgement Day when He declares that we are His He will once again stand in our place when we are judged. Because Jesus has no sin, we are seen as having no sin. Not in ourselves, but in our advocate being Jesus Christ. That's why He is called the Lamb of God because He sacrifices Himself for us, His sheep.
Now, when Jesus died 2,000 years ago, He died for EVERY sin. Sins committed before He was born, while He was alive and now after His death. BUT, you must choose to accept His free gift of Salvation for your sins.
So, that is why we say that we are special, because God came to earth to die for us because He loved us, His creation so much and He didn't want us separated from Him anymore. Nothing Jesus or God did was for themselves, it was for us.
God did not only die for Christians sins, but for ALL people, but those people MUST choose Him because again, we have that freedom of choice. God will not force us to do anything.
So when I said that we are special, I meant in the fact that God would send His Only Son to die for us to bring us back to Himself. However, you are special too in that God died for you to and I am no more special than you are in that regard.
So, that is why I said you are special too and you can see by the way Jesus came for all of us that He wants every single one of us to come back to Him by accepting His Son's free gift.
That was the way I meant that you are special too. Does that make sense?
