Why Jesus Died For Us:
To Pay Off Our Debt To God, For Our Sins
Rom. 3:23 “… all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, …”
We have a Savior who paid off our debt to God
2 Cor. 5:21 “He [God, the Father] made Him [Jesus, God the Son] who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Col. 2:13-14, NASB, “And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.”
Rom. 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 of life set me free from the law of sin and death.”
Isa. 43:25 “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”
Eph. 1:7 “In Him [Jesus] we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace …”
Acts 3:19-21 “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that He may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you — even Jesus.”
Ps. 32:1-2 “Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him.”
Closing
Isa 44:22 “I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”
Heb. 12:1 “… since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. ”
Rom 6:1-4 “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”