Our journey now leaps forward in time. We find the account in the New Testament. A unique prophet named John was born. John the Baptist called on people to repent, or to change the way they were living, and to receive forgiveness for their sins. People responded by the thousands and were baptized as evidence they had turned away from their defiled way of living. John came to prepare the way for the one who would bring full restoration. He took people as far as he could. But he clearly stated that, at God’s initiative, another would follow who would go to the root of the problem, the sin nature itself. When people repented from their sins in response to John the Baptist, their hearts were prepared to deal with sin, the underlying problem. The true significance of Jesus – God’s perfect representative in human form – is that he, and he alone, had the credentials to deal with the root. Jesus was like Adam in certain ways. Both men were born free from the defect of sin. Both were tempted and capable of sin. But here the two took radically different directions. While Adam succumbed to temptation, Jesus did not. He led a perfect life, serving as an impeccable example of how man should live. But more than his life, his death and resurrection form the basis for our personal transformation. Because it is so vital that we understand the uniqueness and scope of what Jesus accomplished, we will now take a fresh look at this watershed moment in history. It is, as one author described it, “The Greatest Story Ever Told!”
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:45:03 +0000
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