Why does Jesus death redeem us?

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Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the law. He is the only one who lived a sinless life. He is God in the flesh, not just a human. The Bible clearly states this.

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:14 "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth."

The Bible also tells us that Jesus is the propitiation for our sins, or satisfaction.

1 John 2:1-2 "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world."

Notice "He Himself." He is the only one or thing that can satisfy the payment. The Watchtower Society as stated below has it mostly right, but are actually an antichrist by not believing in Jesus as God.

Romans 10:9 "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;"

Philippians 2:9-11 "For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

1 John 2:22 "Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son."

On the cross Jesus had the weight of every sin commited from before, and every sin that will be commited until judgement. 1 Peter 2:24 "and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed."

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It has to do with the fact that we are decendants of Adam, who rebelled against God, and lost future life prospects for himself, and his children.

Here is an exerpt from the book,"You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth," published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society that touches on this subject.

"This was because Adam, the forefather of all of us, had rebelled against God. His lawless act thus made him a sinner, since the Bible explains that “sin is lawlessness.” (1 John 3:4; 5:17) As a result, he was not worthy of receiving God’s gift of everlasting life. (Romans 6:23) So Adam lost for himself perfect human life on a paradise earth. He also lost this wonderful prospect for all the children he would produce. ‘But why,’ you may ask, ‘did all his children have to die, since it was Adam who sinned?’

"This is because Adam, when he became a sinner, passed sin and death on to his children, including all humans now living. (Job 14:4; Romans 5:12) “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” the Bible says. (Romans 3:23; 1 Kings 8:46) Even godly David said: “With error I was brought forth with birth pains, and in sin my mother conceived me.” (Psalm 51:5) People, therefore, have been dying because of the sin that was inherited from Adam. How was it possible, then, for the sacrifice of Jesus’ life to free all people from bondage to sin and death?

"A legal principle in God’s law for the nation of Israel is involved. It states that ‘life should be given for life.’ (Exodus 21:23; Deuteronomy 19:21) By his disobedience the perfect man Adam lost perfect life on a paradise earth for himself and all his children. Jesus Christ gave his own perfect life to buy back what Adam lost. Yes, Jesus “gave himself a corresponding ransom for all.” (1 Timothy 2:5, 6) Because he was a perfect man, even as Adam had been, Jesus is called “the last Adam.” (1 Corinthians 15:45) No human other than Jesus could have provided the ransom. This is because Jesus is the only man who ever lived that was equal to Adam as a perfect human son of God.—Psalm 49:7; Luke 1:32; 3:38."

We inherited our sinful condition from our forefather, Adam, just as a dent in a cake pan will cause all cakes made in that pan, to have that same indentation. Adam could only pass on to us imperfection, since he had lost his perfect life and his future life prespects.

Jehovah God's perfect law requires that the scales of justice must be balanced. That in order to redeem mankind, the value of a perfect human life must be given in exchange for what was lost, a perfect human life. Jesus came to Earth as a perfect human. Not God, not a God-man, but the equal of Adam, a perfect human. That is why the Bible calls Jesus,"the last Adam," at 1 Cor 15:45.

When Jesus died, he had not sinned. He had the right to live on eternally here on the Earth, as Adam would have, if he would not have sinned. But because Jesus died faithfully, he could return to heaven, and present the value of his perfect life to his father as atonement for what Adam lost. Thereby making it possible to undo that damage caused by Adam to his offspring.

Here, we see demonstrated some eye opening things. Number one, the love that Jehovah has for his human creation, that he would send his only son, the "firstborn of all creation,"(Colossians 1:15) to the Earth to suffer and die on our behalf. Secondly the love that Jesus himself has for his father and mankind, to willingly do this. Third, the regard that Jehovah has for his own law, that being the principle of a "life for a life, like for like." Such regard that he will not side step his own perfect law. These are all sobering things to contemplate

Adam and Eve in Islam

The story in Muslim's holy book; The Quran about Adam and Eve is very different. i want to share with you the story and read it if u're interested.

Here goes..

When God created Adam, HE said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud. And when i have proportioned him and breathed into him his soul, then fall down to him in prostration".

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely, except Ibless (Satan); he refused to be with those who prostrated. God asked, "O Iblees, what is with you that you are not with those who prostrate? Were you arrogant or were you [already] among the haughty?"

Iblees answered, "Never would i prostrate to a human who You created out of clay from an altered black mud. I am better than him. You created me from the fire and created him from clay"

Due to this, God has expelled Iblees out of the Paradise and curse upon him until the day of Recompense.

Iblees said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected. and My Lord, because you have put me in error, I will surely make disobedience-to-You attractive to Adam and his generations on earth, and i will mislead them all.

So God has warned Adam about Iblees, "O Adam, indeed the Iblees is an enemy to you and your wife. So do not let him disguise you that will make you be removed from the Paradise cos if you do, you would suffer."

But Adam has forgotten the warning by God. When Satan whispered to him, "O Adam, shall i direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?"

Like Christians also know, Adam and Eve ate the fruit, which has been forbidden by God, and they were left naked. Adam and Eve began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise. Clear now, Adam has disobeyed hid Lord and erred.

However, due to God's love towards Adam, he chose him to be forgiven and guided him. God said, "Descend from Paradise. All you descendants being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you Guidance from Me, then whoever follows My Guidance will neither go astray in the world, nor suffer in the Hereafter,"

When Adam and Eve were sent down to Earth, although they were forgiven, Adam cried and cried as he regretted his actions. This is the start of our life in the world. Muslims believe that Adam did not pass his sin and death to his children. In fact, Adam is sinless when he died. Every single one of us is accountable for our OWN sins. Muslims regarded Adam as the first prophet God sent to guide his children to the right path. As being said, Adam was created from clay and that is why when we die, we were buried under the ground, ie, from where we were made of.

So now, i hope u understand that Muslisms do not believe that Jesus Christ gave his own perfect life to buy back what Adam lost. For Muslims, Jesus is just a prophet, the messenger of God. Not the Son of God. And we Muslims must love Jesus as much as we love our last Prophet, Muhammad. We believe that Jesus is sent not to redeem himself for us, but just as a messenger of God to guide us to the right path, just like what Abraham, Noah, Moses, Solomon, etc did.

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Because St. Paul says so

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