Christ Died For Us

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8

It is the thing upon which our eternal destiny hinges. Spurgeon said, “Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die, I risk my whole eternity, and the resurrection is the why.”

The first sermon ever preached in the church of Jesus Christ, when it was born on the day of Pentecost, was a resurrection sermon. As you follow the life of the church through the Book of Acts and the rest of the epistles, the resurrection of Christ is the theme.

But to be able to rejoice in the resurrection, we must understand the cross. Here before us is a simple statement and profound truth. The first two words state a historical fact; the second two add the theological significance. Put together, these four words from the heart of the Good News, we call the Gospel.

On this occasion, let us remember together why we celebrate the fact that as believers we have a blessed hope of eternal salvation, a heavenly home, and a glorious future. It is secured and sealed in the resurrection, but it is based on the fact that Christ Jesus came into the world to seek and to save that which was lost, and because of that...Christ died for us.