I am not sure where I heard that "Jesus is God with us and God for us" but I like it because it's true. "God was in Christ reconciling us and the world unto himself" 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. God was in Christ doing for us that which we cannot do for ourselves. All that Jesus is and all that Jesus did was for us. Jesus did not come into the world to live for himself, Jesus came into the world to live for us. It was his righteous sinless life that was lived for our justification, Romans 3:26.
God's holy law demands a life of perfect obedience according to his holy law. Paul tells us, "That there is none righteous, no, not one, For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" Romans 3:10,23. How then can a sinner be at peace with a holy God? If there is none righteous and if all have sinned, how then can a sinful person be justified?
Before God created the heavens and the earth it was God's plan that sinful humanity would be redeemed by his Son Jesus Christ. Jesus comes into the world as God's new Adam and our new humanity, 2 Corinthians 5:17. Jesus was truly God with us and God for us. In our name and on our behalf, Jesus fulfills every jot and tittle of God's holy law, Matthew 5:18. It was just like we fulfilled it our selves. This is why Christians are no longer subject to the law. To be under the law is to be under condemnation, Romans 8:1. To live according to laws and rules is a denial that Jesus has fulfilled and has abolished the law for us, Ephesians 2:15.
The fulfillment of the law was not enough. Something had to be done about man's sins and the sins of the whole world. This is why, "God has made him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" 2 Corinthians 5:21. As far as God is concerned sin, death and the devil have been abolished. Jesus now victoriously sits at the right hand of God (a place of honor and respect) as the "King of Kings and the Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16. This is why Paul could say, "You are complete in him" Colossians 2:10.
The law has been fulfilled and abolished. Sin and the sins of the whole world have been atoned for, 1 John 2:2. There is nothing left for us to do but to live by faith. Faith in the work and the person of Jesus Christ. Our purpose in life now is to be witnesses for Christ and his Gospel, so that others can come to know Christ and his Gospel and be saved.
God's holy law demands a life of perfect obedience according to his holy law. Paul tells us, "That there is none righteous, no, not one, For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" Romans 3:10,23. How then can a sinner be at peace with a holy God? If there is none righteous and if all have sinned, how then can a sinful person be justified?
Before God created the heavens and the earth it was God's plan that sinful humanity would be redeemed by his Son Jesus Christ. Jesus comes into the world as God's new Adam and our new humanity, 2 Corinthians 5:17. Jesus was truly God with us and God for us. In our name and on our behalf, Jesus fulfills every jot and tittle of God's holy law, Matthew 5:18. It was just like we fulfilled it our selves. This is why Christians are no longer subject to the law. To be under the law is to be under condemnation, Romans 8:1. To live according to laws and rules is a denial that Jesus has fulfilled and has abolished the law for us, Ephesians 2:15.
The fulfillment of the law was not enough. Something had to be done about man's sins and the sins of the whole world. This is why, "God has made him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" 2 Corinthians 5:21. As far as God is concerned sin, death and the devil have been abolished. Jesus now victoriously sits at the right hand of God (a place of honor and respect) as the "King of Kings and the Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16. This is why Paul could say, "You are complete in him" Colossians 2:10.
The law has been fulfilled and abolished. Sin and the sins of the whole world have been atoned for, 1 John 2:2. There is nothing left for us to do but to live by faith. Faith in the work and the person of Jesus Christ. Our purpose in life now is to be witnesses for Christ and his Gospel, so that others can come to know Christ and his Gospel and be saved.
