But I will never brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his cross, the world is dead as far as I am concerned, and I am dead as far as the world is concerned.
Galatians 6:14
It is not the fact that Jesus came to this earth and lived as a man that saves us. None of the miracles or the marvelous teaching of Jesus provided one second of eternity with Him in Heaven. It was what Jesus did on the Cross that made all the difference. Without the Cross Jesus would have been simply a Heavenly visitor, spying out the land and bringing a report back to the Father.
When Jesus came to this earth it was like a man visiting a prison's death row and then offering himself to be executed in the place of all the condemned. Every man is justly and rightly on death row waiting for his time to transition from this life to Hell and eternal death.
Imagine that the Governor of your state gave you the right to pardon prisoners on death row.
How would you deliver the message? Would you worry about whether or not those who are condemned would like you? Would you try to "fit in" with those on death row so it would be easier for them to accept the offer? Would you start a "Ministry," raise money and gather a board of directors to help you more effectively deliver the pardons?
I think none of those things would even cross your mind. You would hurry to the prison and joyfully declare that no one on death row needs to die!
If a man has not turned his heart to Jesus Christ, he is on death row and when he leaves this earth he will die for eternity. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, God wants you to deliver the message of pardon to those who are lost!
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