Why It Matters

I wasn't satisfied with my last post. I felt that it didn't convey what I wanted it to. In response, I felt a follow-up would be in order. I want to briefly explain why it even matters.

God created everything. The creation story can be found in the book of Genesis, the very first book of the Bible. God creates man in His image. Perfect. However, God gave man freewill to either love and obey, or sin and reject. Man chose to sin.

We, every last one of us, has sinned. We all sin frequently, if we're honest with ourselves. Therefore, we all need a Saviour to come restore us to our Creator God. We cannot do this alone. No one can live perfectly, that is, without sinning, which creates a schism between God , who loves and cares for His creation, and mankind. God is just, and must punish sins, so He sent His Son, who is really a part of Him, to the earth. His Son is Jesus, the Christ. Jesus came into this world, born of a virgin, and He did what no one else could: He lived a sinless life. He lived perfectly and He died for sinners. God poured out His wrath on Jesus, who takes the place of sinners when it's time for Judgement. 

"This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus." - Romans 3:22-26

Christ offers more than just the forgiveness of sins. A lot more. He offers us eternal life. If we give our lives to God and follow Him, though we will die, we will live forever in His kingdom. We will experience the fullness of life, how it was supposed to be. On that day there will be no more suffering, pain, or death. All will be made new and perfect.  This is what Christ offers everyone. All we have to do is accept Him.

"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."-  John 5:24

There are, however, consequences for sin. The wages of sin is death. Outside of Christ there is only death. Instead of being raised to eternal life in the Spirit, those who harden their hearts to Christ experience death in it's truest sense. Much like eternal life is often referred to as heaven, eternal condemnation is often referred to as hell. It is described as a place of fire and gnashing of teeth. It is pain and it is suffering. 

"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."  - Mark 16:16

That's why it matters. There's more than this life. So much more. 

What we do on this earth right now matters. Not only for ourselves, but for others. 

~So