Why Mankind needed a Savior
I hope to explain as best I can what was involved in our salvation. I pray you will read it all because you may need to tell someone who is lost, why is Christ our savior, what makes him the way and not anything else. I hope to set it out simple as I can so that anybody can understand at the end why he is our Salvation.
To understand what it took we must see the standard required for perfection. The standard is shown to us by the Ten commandments, test your self to them and read on you will see it so clear, at least It is my prayer.
1."YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME";
Have you Always put God First in your life, have you loved Him more then you have Loved yourself, are all your desires for Him, does your Love for God make your Love for everything else in Life seem like Hate when you compaire it to your love for God.
Have you always loved other people more then your self.
To God Nothing in Life is supposed to that important, Just Him.guilty_____or Not_____?
2."YOU SHALL NOT MAKE YOURSELF ANY GRAVEN
IMAGE".
This means your not to create a God with your Hands, nor your mind. Anything that you allow in your life that is put before God or that keeps you from seeking him with all your Heart is breaking of this commandent, also because you have formed a false picture of the nature of God. Your mind has created a false god that doesn't exsist, that is Idolatry and God requires death for breaking this one.
guilty_____or not_____?
3."YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD
YOUR GOD IN VAIN".
Have you ever used God as a cuss word. Have you ever used his name to show your disgust at something. Do you use His name without reverance or respect. God Calls that Blasphemy.
The Bible say's Every man shall give a account of every word he speakes openly and in secret.Matthew 12:36,37; But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Just think of every bad word you have ever said in your whole life time you have to be judged for all those one at a time if nessary but the Real sad part is Romans 2:5, 6; But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
guilty_____or Not_____?
4."REMEMBER THE SABBATH AND KEEP IT HOLY".
God requires us to set aside one day out of the week, the day is not what's important here, setting aside one day to give God your mind and Honor & your attention & effections, it's a day of devotion to the God who gives you breath and life to make it thru each day,the very fact he gave you life, health, breath, this is why we are to give Him this day aside, to Honor to him as God our creator, and provider.
guilty_____or Not_____?
5."HONOR YOUR FATHER & MOTHER".
Have you ever talked back to your parents. Have you ever ignored the counsel or advice they gave you. Have you ever done anything that has brought shame to your parents, Have you ever done anything in secrect that if they only knew it would cause them to be ashame of you. Have you always treated them with respect and love that God would be pleased with.
guilty_____or Not_____?
6." YOU SHALL NOT KILL".
You don't have to kill someone to be guilty of this one, The Bible says that if your angry with another person without a cause your in danger of the Judgment, but if you have ever had hate in your heart twords another person, it's murder in Gods eyes. Do you speak about other people and taint them in other peoples eyes, your a murderer and a abominiation to God because you cause division among your brethren.
guilty_____or Not_____?
7."YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY".
Have you ever looked at another person and had a lustful thought, the Bible say if you even look at someone and lust you've commited Adultry with them. If someone has ever looked at you lustful you have commited adultry with them also.
guilty_____or Not_____?
8."YOU SHALL NOT STEAL".
Have you ever taken something, no matter how small nor it's value. What would that make you? A Thief. I know that's harsh but that is what God says. See God Judges the act not by value nor the reasoning.
guilty_____or Not_____?
9."YOU SHALL NOT LIE".
Have you ever told a lie before, have you ever told anything to anybody that wasn't true. To God what does that make you. A lier right. Why you told it is not important to God because it's the act your guilty of.
guilty_____or Not_____?
10. "YOU SHALL NOT COVET".
Have you ever looked at your neighbors thing"s and bought one.
How about Clothes, someones car, job, powerful positions because that is coveting, you can't deny were all guilty of that and we can't even hide those simple things from God because anything hide must be made open before all of heaven to witness against you, it's your Whole life time on trial when your judged.
guilty_____or Not_____?
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point he is guilty of all.
If you broke one of those commands then your guilty of breaking them all. If your guilty then were would you go being judged by these, Heaven or Hell. If you have found your self guilty then don't you think God will, so were will you go. Right, it's hell. So what are you going to do now.
You still have one option if you really want to make it to heaven. Listen to this very very careful your soul is right now is between heaven and hell so listen please.
Have you ever heard of Adam and Eve, this is were Sin came from.
Genesis 3
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Here Adam and Eve tried to fix things by there works they made aprons, This was there works trying to cover there sin or make things right by something they did, it didn't work though. God himself killed a animal and made them a cover for there own nakedness. This showed them they were helpless now to fix this by anything they could do.
Genesis 3:21 21. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. a animal died and shed it's blood for them.
This is were sacrifice came into being it for told that salvation would come from the shedding of blood not from anything a man could do for himself.
This is were sin came from for all mankind, ever since this anyone born from a mans seed has this curse in there nature and even in there blood going through your vains. were are told this in Romans;5:12; Wherefore, as by one man(adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
The biggest proof that sin is real is the very fact that all things that has life in it dies now, doesn't it.That is to scientist a law of nature and this is were it came from, ok.
But God gave these ten commands for mankind to follow after adam and eve failed to keep that one command he gave them. The 10 commandments is the perfection that Adam and eve feel from and now Man could never live theses again since they feel from this perfection state.
You seen that you failed to pass them didn't you. This is were yours and my help comes in.
Jesus came into the world for this purpose to save us from what we failed at. we have 2 big problems our blood is tainted with sin and our nature, it fell from the perfection required by God, the 10 commandments.
Gods plan was to save us because we had no help and he loved us and wanted us back, So God decides to Place, by his own hand, Christ Jesus into a virgins womb, Why?
This by passed the seed of man and made his blood pure because he was full of the Blood of God, he was not givin the sinful blood and inherited sinful nature passed down by a earthly fathers seed.
He being now sinless in blood, he walked, live and fulfilled all 10 commandments perfectly.HE passed this test and became ruler over the power this law had on us all. Jesus said he did not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it. That is what he did all 10 without fail.
So when he went to the Cross he shed his perfect blood for the final sacrifice, like when the animal died for Adam and Even , Christ blood was the final sacrifice to seal the deal to restore us.The bible say without the shedding of blood there is no remission or forgivness of sins.
After his death on the cross he rose from the dead, the sacrfice came back to life and ascended into heaven were he sits now at the right hand of God. God being pleased with all his Son did for us, accepted his blood for salvation, so this is why the Bible tells us there is no other name given among men wereby we must be saved.
This means we can only be saved by Christ Jesus sacrifce and if you understand what Jesus did you us to be saved all you have to do is ask him.
If you want good works to get you in then take the 10 commandment test over and see if you pass, you can't and never will none of us will.
Ask God to forgive you for breaking his commands and ask Jesus to save you from your sins and ask him to teach you to follow him, Tell him right now your life is his from this day on.
Don't risk being judged by the law you already know your doomed that way.
If you acceted Christ to save you and meant it, the next step is to follow Christ in baptism, this is a public profession that you have become a follower of Jesus Christ. Why is that important? Jesus said if you believe on him your not to be ashamed of him and he said if you deny him before man then he will deny your before God.
Next find a Christ preaching Church, get a bible and read it everyday to grow stronger in the Lord and to increase your faith. Since Christ saved you pray to him for any need and he will give you the things you need.
Welcome to Gods Family.
Bro Malone
