Jesus is our only Savior (1)
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 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
Jesus is the only person who is worthy to save mankind according to the law of the redemption of the land (Leviticus 25:23-25). Now let us delve into the detailed conditions.
First, the Redeemer must be a man as a close relative of Adam.
Leviticus 25:25 says, “If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell part of his property, then his nearest kinsman is to come and buy back what his relative has sold.” The law of the redemption of the land says that if a poor man sold some of his possessions his nearest kinsman could buy back what he had sold.
John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” and verse 14 says, “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The Word became flesh and put on a human form and came to this earth. He was Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God who has both divinity and humanity. He was born putting on a human form with bones and flesh.
The history is divided into two groups: BC and AD according to the birth of Jesus. This fact proves that Jesus came to this earth in the flesh.
Second, the Redeemer must not belong to Adam’s descendants.
Suppose you are supposed to be sent to jail due to a great debt. If your wealthy brother pays off all your debts, you can be released from the punishment. If your brother is in debts, he is not capable of paying off your debts.
Similarly, only sinless and blameless person is worthy to redeem others from their sins. Since Adam disobeyed and sinned, all have been born a sinner so that no one is worthy to redeem others from sin.
When God created man and woman, He gave them each seed of life respectively; sperm for man and egg for woman. A life is conceived through the combination of a sperm and an egg. The seeds of life contain each parent’s life energy by which a child resembles their parents in the face, body structure, personality and habit. It also includes the parents’ sinful nature.
Such sinful nature has bene inherited to children from their parents and forefathers since Adam sinned. This is called ‘original sin.’ This is how everyone inherits sinful nature from their parents at birth.
Romans 5:12 also says, “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.” As said, death came to the word because of one man Adam’s sin and all are sinners and destined to death.
All are born with inherited sinful nature, ‘original sin’ because they are Adam’s descendants. Therefore, none of them is worthy to become a redeemer for mankind. There is only one person in the world who is worthy to save mankind according to the law of redemption of the land. He is Jesus, God’s only begotten Son. He met the conditions for the Redeemer for mankind because He was a man but did not belong to Adam’s descendants. Why was Jesus a man but not a descendant of Adam?
Jesus was from the Tribe of Judah and the Son of David and was born between Joseph and Mary in genealogy. But He borrowed her womb and was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. So, He did not inherit any sinful nature and had no original sin (Matthew 1:20, 23).
Therefore, Jesus is far away from original sin because He is not a descendant of Adam. He is worthy to become the Savior for mankind.
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