Title: Dying In Bad Company (3)
Series: The Forbidden Chapter
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Isaiah 53:12
OPEN: A few years ago, a lawyer from Kenya named DolaIndidis filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice at the Hague (also called the ICJ). His goal? To overturn the conviction and death sentence of Jesus Christ. He said "I filed the case because it's my duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the man from Nazareth" (https://swampland.time.com/2013/08/04/kenyan-man-tries-to-overturn-the-death-sentence-of-jesus-christ/)
Now, this could all be a publicity stunt... but it does raise the question: If he could get this legal challenge heard by the ICJ, is it possible that the court could find Jesus Guilty? Did Jesus deserve to die? Was His death even necessary? And if it wasn't necessary... should we seek justice for Jesus?
Well... let's take those questions one at a time. 1st - Was Jesus guilty? And the answer (of course) is... "NO!". Speaking about Jesus, Peter wrote: He committed NO SIN, neither was deceit found in his mouth. (1 Peter 2:22); The Apostle John tells us You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is NO SIN. 1 John 3:5; After betraying Jesus, Judas admitted "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood" Matthew 27:4; Seeing how Jesus died, "The centurion (at the cross) ... praised God, saying, "Certainly, this man was innocent!" Luke 23:47; And even Pilate declared: "... I find no guilt in him." John 19:4.
The books of the New Testament are unanimous, declaring that Jesus was innocent; He was without sin; there was no guilt in Him. Now, why's that important? Well, Romans 6:23 tells us that "the wages of sin is death", so if Jesus had sinned, then He would have DESERVED death, because the wages of sin is death. Thus, He could not have died in our place - He would have died simply because He had sinned.
But in fact, Jesus had NOT sinned, because if He had ...
Series: The Forbidden Chapter
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Isaiah 53:12
OPEN: A few years ago, a lawyer from Kenya named DolaIndidis filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice at the Hague (also called the ICJ). His goal? To overturn the conviction and death sentence of Jesus Christ. He said "I filed the case because it's my duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the man from Nazareth" (https://swampland.time.com/2013/08/04/kenyan-man-tries-to-overturn-the-death-sentence-of-jesus-christ/)
Now, this could all be a publicity stunt... but it does raise the question: If he could get this legal challenge heard by the ICJ, is it possible that the court could find Jesus Guilty? Did Jesus deserve to die? Was His death even necessary? And if it wasn't necessary... should we seek justice for Jesus?
Well... let's take those questions one at a time. 1st - Was Jesus guilty? And the answer (of course) is... "NO!". Speaking about Jesus, Peter wrote: He committed NO SIN, neither was deceit found in his mouth. (1 Peter 2:22); The Apostle John tells us You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is NO SIN. 1 John 3:5; After betraying Jesus, Judas admitted "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood" Matthew 27:4; Seeing how Jesus died, "The centurion (at the cross) ... praised God, saying, "Certainly, this man was innocent!" Luke 23:47; And even Pilate declared: "... I find no guilt in him." John 19:4.
The books of the New Testament are unanimous, declaring that Jesus was innocent; He was without sin; there was no guilt in Him. Now, why's that important? Well, Romans 6:23 tells us that "the wages of sin is death", so if Jesus had sinned, then He would have DESERVED death, because the wages of sin is death. Thus, He could not have died in our place - He would have died simply because He had sinned.
But in fact, Jesus had NOT sinned, because if He had ...
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