Jesus Paid it All

    Because Adam willingly sinned in the garden, he both gave the ruling rights of earth to Satan and passed on the nature to sin to all of mankind. The Bible tells us that everything reproduces after its own kind; and because we all come from Adam, we all have that same nature to sin.

1 Corinthians 15:38-39 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. (NIV)

Genesis 1:25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. (NIV) [see also verses 11, 12, 21, 24]

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (NIV)

    The nature to sin comes from Adam and not Eve because he was the one who knowingly rebelled against God. Eve was deceived and therefore, her nature is not sinful. This sheds light on the how Jesus came to earth! He could not be born of a man, because he would have that nature to sin. But you cannot have a baby without a man and a woman! That is why God Himself provided the seed which impregnated Mary with Jesus. This is why Jesus was all man and all God. Jesus was born without the nature to sin, and like Adam and Eve were created-- He was born spiritually connected with God, His Father. Jesus became known as the "second Adam." 

Luke 1:30-35 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 

1 Corinthians 15:45,47-49 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

    So why Jesus? Well, the Bible tells us that the wages of sin are death (Romans 6:23). If we all have the nature to sin and naturally do so, then we are all worthy of death. In the old testament, the law commanded blood sacrifices to cover our sins. The sins were never erased, but constantly covered. Jesus came to fulfill the law and do more than just cover up our sins. Only someone who had committed no sin could be  a worthy sacrifice for others. Jesus did not sin and He was not worthy of death. He couldn't even be killed unless He chose to be! Meditate on that-- He chose to die for you. 

Hebrews 10:1-10 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;

with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (NIV)

    

    

    Jesus paid our debt on the cross-- in full! Our sins are gone and we are washed white as snow. The only thing we have to do is accept this free gift. Jesus dying took back the authority of Satan. He has given us, as Christ followers, the authority to use His name. That is why we pray in Jesus' name and under His authority. He rose from the grave and conquered death. He died for our transgressions. And now we are free and have authority over Satan just by using His glorious name. 

Romans 8:1-2 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. (NIV)

Matthew 28:18-20  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (NIV)

    All we have to do to accept His gift of salvation is confess with our tongue and believe in our hearts that Jesus is King. He did what the Bible said He did. He is who He says He is. He does what He says He does. He died for our sins and rose from the grave to give us new life! 

Romans 10:8-10 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. (NIV)

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (NIV)