Why Jesus

In the huge black and dark hall satan and all his followers were gathered. Sulphur fumes filled the air with hissing and coughing sounds all around.

One of the leader demons gathered enough courage to address satan, “Boss, we are so proud of you after you persuaded Eve to eat from the forbidden tree. Wow, now due to their disobedience, these human beings are doomed just like we are. I suppose you achieved quite something because they would now be unable to go to heaven, heh, heh.”

Satan’s voice thundered through the hall. “Yes, oh yes, but I am feeling so frustrated,” and he illustrated his feelings by slapping one of his demons right across the hall. “I don’t understand God. He is just and therefore the humans should have been history, but He made a covenant with Abraham and He promised to send a Saviour to rescue the people….. Why?”

Suddenly they heard a horrible screaching sound as a demon stormed into the hall. “Bouuuuss, boss, you got to hear this! They say the Saviour has been born. I’ve tried to find out where but the angels of God prevented us.”

Satan’s face fell. “Why would God do this? He should have treated them like He treated us. Why is He still trying to make them righteous? We would need to work a lot harder now.”

Why Jesus had to die for our sins, is answered by looking at what had happened to the devil.

Initially the devil and his demons were angels in heaven and were loved by God. However, because God is holy, fair and just, He dealt with their rebellion by removing the devil and all his followers from heaven.

Adam and Eve were created outside of heaven on earth, but because God loved them so much, He desired to take them and their children into heaven where He is, even after they had sinned. To enter heaven they needed to be righteous, and to accomplish that, payment would be required for their sins.

As human beings and sinners, like Adam and his family, we do not have any means to settle the debt for our wrongdoings. The animal sacrifices of the Old Testament were like paying with a credit card, you remain in debt.

God had the following solution: He allowed His Son, Jesus, to become a human being and Jesus, while He willingly took our sins upon Himself, paid the price on behalf of us. Only Jesus could do that. God allowed this to happen because He is both a just and a loving God.

By receiving this dearly paid for gift as my very own, my life with the Father and Son in heaven is guaranteed. Awesome in its totality, but especially awesome and precious if I, even for one second should consider the outcome of my refusal of this Gift: eternity spent separated from God, with Satan and his hordes in hell.