- Crucifixion - Mark 15
- Resurrection - Matthew 28
Why He did it ('four spiritual laws'):
- God has intentions
- John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 10:10: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
- We don't meet His expectations
- Romans 3:23: All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
- Romans 6:23: The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Jesus repairs the relationship
- Romans 5:8: God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-6: For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time
- John 14:6: Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
- Through Jesus, we have the life God intended
- John 1:12: To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
- Ephesians 2:8-9: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
- Revelation 3:20: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”
- Romans 10:9-10: 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.