Who is Jesus Christ and what has he done for us the humanity?
Jesus-Christ is litterally the son of God, our older brother and lord of this world. He came down to earth in order show the way to eternal life and make possible for us to repent from our sins. This is an eternal truth, no matter what we personaly believe. I now explain how Christ through out the atonement did pay for our sins. I will use an analogi in order to illustrate the power of the atonement.
Analogi:
Imagine that you and I are very good friends. Nothing in the world could destroy the trust that we have for each other. Our friendship is absolut. One day, you are having some financial problems. You have got a big telefon bill to pay, but you are in the impossibility to pay it. You then decide to ask me for some help with that. I want to help you, so I borrow you the money you need. We agree that you will pay back a month later. You promess me and, of course, I trust you completely. I do not doubt one second that you will pay back within that period of time. You do not really know how you will be able to pay back, but you do your very best, everything that is in your power in order to get the money on time. For exempel, you tried to find work in order to earn money, you asked anyone from your family and finally the goverment for help, but nothing worked successfully. It is now time to pay back your debt, so you come over to my place and tell that that you do not have the money. You explain that you did your very best in order to get the money on time, but you failed. I understand your situation and I really want to give you some sort of second chance. I would like to give you some more time, or even give the money as a present. With other words, I want to show some mercy, but if I do it, then justice is neglected, which is not acceptable. The commitment that you originally made is not being fullfilled. Justice can not be neglected. How can we solve the problem then?
How can justice and mercy exist and interact at the same time? We just found that if I show mercy, then justice is neglicted. That is not satisfactory.
When we both think about how we can solve the problem, the phone rings. It is one of our friends. He wonders how we are doing. We tell him that we are quite fine, except for the actual deal we are facing. We explain to him our situation. He then proposes to pay the debt. You accept it and thanks him for that wonderful act of charity. Now, we can note that both justice and mercy are being showed. But that implied and required a third person. Yes, that third person is Jesus- Christ. He paid the price for us, the humanity. Before we came down on earth, we also made a commitment to follow the law of the gospel, but because of our imperfection, we could not fullfill that commitment. God knew that from the very beginning. That is the reason why He, in His great plan, gave rise to a savior, in order to pay for our sins. If we reject the savior, then we reject His help. If we reject his help, then we still have a debt to pay.
Jesus-Christ is litterally the son of God, our older brother and lord of this world. He came down to earth in order show the way to eternal life and make possible for us to repent from our sins. This is an eternal truth, no matter what we personaly believe. I now explain how Christ through out the atonement did pay for our sins. I will use an analogi in order to illustrate the power of the atonement.
Analogi:
Imagine that you and I are very good friends. Nothing in the world could destroy the trust that we have for each other. Our friendship is absolut. One day, you are having some financial problems. You have got a big telefon bill to pay, but you are in the impossibility to pay it. You then decide to ask me for some help with that. I want to help you, so I borrow you the money you need. We agree that you will pay back a month later. You promess me and, of course, I trust you completely. I do not doubt one second that you will pay back within that period of time. You do not really know how you will be able to pay back, but you do your very best, everything that is in your power in order to get the money on time. For exempel, you tried to find work in order to earn money, you asked anyone from your family and finally the goverment for help, but nothing worked successfully. It is now time to pay back your debt, so you come over to my place and tell that that you do not have the money. You explain that you did your very best in order to get the money on time, but you failed. I understand your situation and I really want to give you some sort of second chance. I would like to give you some more time, or even give the money as a present. With other words, I want to show some mercy, but if I do it, then justice is neglected, which is not acceptable. The commitment that you originally made is not being fullfilled. Justice can not be neglected. How can we solve the problem then?
How can justice and mercy exist and interact at the same time? We just found that if I show mercy, then justice is neglicted. That is not satisfactory.
When we both think about how we can solve the problem, the phone rings. It is one of our friends. He wonders how we are doing. We tell him that we are quite fine, except for the actual deal we are facing. We explain to him our situation. He then proposes to pay the debt. You accept it and thanks him for that wonderful act of charity. Now, we can note that both justice and mercy are being showed. But that implied and required a third person. Yes, that third person is Jesus- Christ. He paid the price for us, the humanity. Before we came down on earth, we also made a commitment to follow the law of the gospel, but because of our imperfection, we could not fullfill that commitment. God knew that from the very beginning. That is the reason why He, in His great plan, gave rise to a savior, in order to pay for our sins. If we reject the savior, then we reject His help. If we reject his help, then we still have a debt to pay.
