Destination Continuation

Upon request, I am continuing to record for you what I read in John Bevere’s book Extraordinary.  If you didn’t read the first post, please go back to it now and read it first!

… For this reason, God had to come up with a plan to save humankind from what they brought on themselves and their descendants.  This is why Jesus had to die for us.  Jesus was born 100% God, thus He was free from the curse of sin.  But because He was also born 100% man, He could pay the price of man’s great sin against God.  Only another human could get us out of the judgment we had brought on ourselves.  For this reason, when Jesus became sin on the cross for our sake, He cried out, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46).  He took our punishment.  He took our place in regard to judgment.

The chapter goes on to say:

So when men and women give their hearts and lives to the lordship of Jesus, the legal ownership of Satan is broken, and the judgment held against them by God is completely satisfied.  God can justly grant us entrance into His kingdom and not violate His integrity.  What an extraordinary plan prepared by our amazing God!