He was born, under unique circumstances. Born of the virgin Mary, he is the only begotten of the Father. He is The Son of God, In the flesh. He came here to play a unique role in all of our lives. He came here to sacrifice his life, For our sins.
Whilst he lived here, he did three important things, first he lived a perfect life, this is something that only he has done. Everyone else in the world has sinned in one way or another. And yet, he lived perfectly before God, He kept all of the commandments, and so he was the only one who has lived a life worthy enough to be able to return to live with God, The Father.
Next he came to teach the truth. He always sought to teach those around him, Even when he was young he always taught. And when he began his Earthly ministry, he gathered a lot of followers, and of these Disciples, he chose 12 men, who he called Apostles. These men carried on with his teaching after his death.
And finally, He came to pay the price for Sin, This was only possible for him because first, he is the Son of God, and second because he lived a perfect life, If he had not lived perfectly he would have needed a savior just the same as us.And if he had not been the Son of God, The agony of Sin, would have killed him.
So What does it mean, That he paid the price for sin? Well, He suffered Everything. This started in Gethsemane, in Luke 22:41-44 In particular i would refer to verse"44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."
His sweat was as great drops of blood, I believe that in this moment, he suffered everything. That he went through every pain, sickness and temptation in this moment, that he went through what it describes in The Book of Mormon, in Alma 7:11-13. And that in this moment, he suffered for the sins of all mankind.
After going through agony, that would have killed any normal man, he was betrayed by Judas, questioned, tortured and than nailed to the cross and willingly gave up his life. And as they did this, he still asked God, His Father, to forgive them (Luke 23:34)
But this is not the end, not only did he, through the power of his sacrifice pay the price in full, for the sins that we have committed, so we would all be given the chance to return back to God. But 3 days later, he rose from the tomb, And was resurrected. Overcoming the final hurdle, even death itself so that we all could live again.
No comments:
Post a Comment