HE PROVED LOVE

Sitting down here in this quiet echoic room got me thinking… Thinking, “thinking and thinking!” Does it ever cross your mind, the question, “did Jesus Christ came into this world to pay a debt to satan or to add-on that debt to Himself (God: God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Spirit)?” Or in other words simply speaking, since humanity was caught in the bondage of sin, Jesus Christ came and died to set us, humanity free from the bondage and wages of sin in order to re-establish that “relationship” which was previously broken. So by doing so, did He pay a debt to satan or to Himself? Well, judging from a time oriented-management perspective, “let’s get straight to the point in order to save time it self since time is something we don’t have.”   

Firstly, man, mankind or humanity are in fact caught within the bondage of sin since the fall of Adam and Eve. The fall of man! Before that as we all know, God created man, Adam to be a steward over planet earth. Thus saying, God gave the authority to Adam in order to rule, manage and be a steward to His creation on earth. Genesis 2: 15 reads, “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it. “Further down bear in mind that, Adam named all the beast/ cattle of the field and birds of the air as stated in Genesis chapter 2: 19 and 20. Remember Adam was righteous, meaning He was “in” (connected or in an established eternal relationship with God) Love: which is God Himself. He had the nature and characteristics of Love (because He was created in the Image of God, as stated in Genesis 2:7). So what about Eve? Well Eve was made to be Adam’s helper and companion. Or in today’s understandable simpler terms, “assistant manager.” Genesis 2: 19 reads, And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” But when Adam and Eve ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they gave or handed over the authority over to the devil. Or in other words simply speaking, their strong established eternal relationship to God was broken when they accepted and ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You see my friends, God’s principality is based on love because He is Love. Satan’s principality is based on selfishness because he is selfishness (as stated in Isaiah 14: 13 and 14, “For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my thrown above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of congregation. On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High”). Therefore when Adam and Eve accepted the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the authority over planet earth was given to satan. Or in other words, with selfishness only satan has the authority since he “is” selfishness-everything else under his hierarchy of power. Thus capturing and enslaving mankind under selfishness’ influence.

There is only one who can re-established that relationship between God and mankind which was broken, and He is God himself: because He is love. You know, when Adam and Eve sinned, someone had to pay the price of sin. The wages of sin was death as stated in Genesis 2: 16 (And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die.”) Someone meaning, mankind or man who had sinned had to pay the price of sinning. You see, if God had destroyed or killed Adam and Eve (mankind) from the moment they sinned, than that would mean He is not Love. And if God had allowed Adam and Eve (mankind) to still have access to the tree of life (God Himself) which gives eternal life after they had sinned, than God is not just and righteous according to His own Word (as stated in Genesis 2:17). And if He’s not just and righteous, than that would mean He’s not eternal (and that would mean He’s not Life: and that would mean He’s not God: and that would mean He’s not love. But thankfully He is!) Through incarnation, Jesus Christ proved that God is love, just, righteous and paid that price of sin which Adam and Eve committed (He was born a man to save His people from their sins as stated in Mathew 1:19-21).  Nor did He, Jesus Christ “EVER” paid a debt to the devil to set us (mankind) free from the bondage and wages of sin but He “PROVED” that Love is “GREATER” than anything: even selfishness! Because He is love, he had to take man’s place and died on Calvary. Because He is love, He re-established the relationship between God and mankind, and offered the gift of eternal life once again to mankind (as stated in Mathew 27: 51 and 52, “Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and the many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;) The most significant thing about this scenario is that, God even told Adam and Eve (mankind) plus satan what would happened before it ever happened (as stated in Genesis 3:15).

He came to "PROVE"... How great, indescribable and awesome is God. Thank goodness He is Love. Because He is love, mankind is free from the wages and bondage of sin. All we have to do is accept His gift of eternal life as clearly stated in John 3:16. Remember, “JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON, THE POWER OF CHOICE IS YOURS, AND TIME IS SOMETHING WE DON’T HAVE…”