God Sent His Son

In the Old Testament, it was known that if you were coming to be in the presence of God, you had to make a sacrifice of some type to make up for the sins in your life. When we sin against God, our sin separates us from His presence. Often our shame makes us feel like we can’t come into His presence. However, God changed this when He sent His son Jesus to walk the earth. Instead of giving us the punishment we deserved, God gave us the gift of grace and eternal life through Jesus.

Jesus came to live a perfect life, to die on the cross as a sacrifice on our behalf, and to be raised back to life to show that we could also be raised to new life. When Jesus became the sacrifice for us, it changed the game. No longer do we have to make a sacrifice in order to be in God’s presence; Jesus made it so that God’s presence was available to everyone freely. This is the greatest gift we could have been given.

Because God loved the world so much, even in all of our brokenness, He sent His son to rescue us. God knew that we could not rescue ourselves, so He made a way for us through Jesus. God loved us so much that He promised He would never leave us or forsake us. He promised us the best thing – His very presence. Because of Jesus, we get the gift of the Holy Spirit – God’s presence to live inside of us and walk with us when we trust in Him.