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It is all
about
one
person
JESUS
CHRIST
Who is
this
JESUS
CHRIST
?
When Jesus was
walking on earth, He did
many miracles….
Jesus turned water into
wine
Jesus fed 5,000 by 5
loaves and 2 fishes
Jesus calmed the
roaring sea
Why Jesus came???Why Jesus came???
1.1.Taught us good Taught us good
morals so that we morals so that we
learn to be a good learn to be a good
manman
2.2.Did miracles to help Did miracles to help
peoplepeople
Jesus came with a
higher call!!
What is it?
Jesus came
Because of
YOU & ME
Back to the very
beginning of time…
Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let us make mankind
in our image, in our likeness……….. So
God created mankind in his own
image, in the image of God he
created them; male and female he
created them.
Man and Women (i.e. you Man and Women (i.e. you
and me) are created by and me) are created by
God in His imageGod in His image
Man used GodMan used God--given given
free will and chose to free will and chose to
rebel and DIErebel and DIE
Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God
commanded the man, “You are free to eat
from any tree in the garden; but you must
not eat from the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, for when you eat from it you
will certainly die.”
SIN
Holy and Righteous
GOD
Sinful and Unrighteous
MAN
What is
ETERNAL
DEATH?
Separation from
our Creator God
FOREVER!
All Men Are Born Sinners
Rom 3:23
For everyone has sinned; we
all fall short of God's glorious
standard.
Rom 6:23
For the wages of sin is death...
MANMAN SINSIN DEATHDEATH
NOW MAN HAS A PROBLEMNOW MAN HAS A PROBLEM
SINFUL Man SINFUL Man
separated from separated from
RIGHTEOUS GOD RIGHTEOUS GOD
foreverforever
How would God deal How would God deal
with this problem?with this problem?
About 2,000 Years
ago……………
John 3: 16 John 3: 16
For God so loved the world For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and that he gave his one and
only Son (Jesus Christ), only Son (Jesus Christ),
that whoever believes in that whoever believes in
him shall not perish but him shall not perish but
have have eternal lifeeternal life. .
ETERNAL LIFE???ETERNAL LIFE???
John 17:3 John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: Now this is eternal life:
that they may know you, that they may know you,
the only true God, and the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom you Jesus Christ, whom you
have sent.have sent.
To be with GOD foreverTo be with GOD forever
How did
God save
us from
eternal
death?
How did
God
grant us
eternal
life?
All Men Are Born Sinners
Rom 3:23 Rom 3:23
For everyone has sinned; we all For everyone has sinned; we all
fall short of God's glorious fall short of God's glorious
standard. standard.
Rom 6:23
For the wages of sin is death,...
MANMAN SINSIN DEATHDEATH
PRICE of SIN is death
PRICE needs to be paid
Who will pay for this
PRICE?
Jesus suffered and
died on the cross to
pay for the price of SIN
The Empty Cross
What does the empty
cross mean to us?
Rom 3:25a Rom 3:25a
For God presented Jesus as For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin....the sacrifice for sin....
Rom 5:8 Rom 5:8
But God demonstrates his own But God demonstrates his own
love for us in this: WHILE WE love for us in this: WHILE WE
WERE STILL SINNERS, WERE STILL SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US. CHRIST DIED FOR US.
The Empty Cross
It is a reminder of God’s
promise that we have been
forgiven
Relax, my
child, I took
the sting, the
bee can’t hurt
you anymore.
DEATH
Relax, my child, I took the sting,
death can’t hurt you anymore
What is NEXT?
After the Empty
Cross……..
The Empty Tomb
What does the empty
tomb mean to us?
The Empty
Tomb
1.It shows the truth of the
resurrection (raised from
death to life) of Jesus Christ
2.It is the promise to us that
we will be raised to eternal
life
The Tomb is empty
Little Philip
and his
Easter Egg
Why is the Resurrection of Why is the Resurrection of
Jesus Christ important ?Jesus Christ important ?
Why is the Resurrection of Why is the Resurrection of
Jesus Christ important ?Jesus Christ important ?
A present A present
beautifully beautifully
wrapped and wrapped and
designated for designated for
youyou
You need to
ACCEPT the
present and
OPEN it for
your benefits
and enjoyment
Too easy ??
A Present is GIVEN FREELY
Your part is just to ACCEPT
it with a Thankful heart
EASY BUT EFFECTIVE
because
He is GOD
What is being shared
make sense BUT………
I want to WAIT
For heaven’s sake, what
took you so long?
The Empty Cross
It is a reminder of God’s
promise that we have been
forgiven
The Empty
Tomb
1.It shows the truth of the
resurrection (raised from
death to life) of Jesus Christ
2.It is the promise to us that
we will be raised to eternal
life
DEATH PAIN
ADDICTIONS
Life is not easy, we may fear:
Relax, my child, I took the sting, they
can’t hurt you anymore
My child, give your hand to me. I
will hold it tight and walk with you
in all your situations.