“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)

Christ’s death for our sins was the reason He came to earth, the purpose of His life, and the reason He went to the Cross. Just yesterday I read yet  another article that discussed the death of Christ without the use of the “S” word being applied to people. I suspect that when we call sin everything but sin (pick your own term here), we don’t feel so bad about ourselves.

Instead of confronting us with our spiritually dead condition, much of modern evangelical Christianity talks about how Christ died so we can have better lives, or find our ‘special purpose’, or have peace in the middle of life’s storms.

No where in scripture are we told that Christ died for any other reason than to save His people from their sins. The angel who visited Mary named the Son she would bear and gave her that specific message (Matthew 1:21).

That we can experience better earthly lives, endure adversity, and are partakers of heavenly blessings (Ephesians 1:3) are by-products of Christ’s death for our sin, not the main reason He suffered and died 2,000 years ago.

Food for thought  before the annual celebration of His resurrection. . .