"And she shall bring forth a son..." ~ WHY?

"And she shall bring forth a son, 

and thou shalt call his name JESUS: 

for he shall save his people from their sins." 

(Matthew 1:21)

HER SON EXPLAINED THE REASON FOR HIS COMING, IN HIS TEACHING. HE CAME TO DIE! WHY? HE EXPLAINED IT IN :

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause'."

IN THIS WAY, "...he will save his people from their sins." ~ Matthew 1:21

Jesus was sent to die for EVERYONE (John 3:16). As Matt. 1:21 declares: "...he will save his people from their sins."

"For if, when we were enemies, 

we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, 

much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life." 

(Rom. 5:10)

TWO QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION:
#1 ~ Since the death of Jesus HAS occurred, and His death WAS for man's reconciliation, is everyone now reconciled?"

#2 ~ Consider the relevance of His teachings...IF JESUS HAD NOT TAUGHT AT ALL, WOULD HIS DEATH, APART FROM HIS TEACHINGS, SAVED MANKIND???

If yes, then explain WHY Jesus taught at all...if not, why not?

What is the key? Two passages from the apostles Paul and Peter will give us the answer:

"...and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed." ~ 1 Peter 2:24

"...and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God." ~ Rom. 6:13

If anyone does not "live to righteousness" or continues to present the members of his body to sin "as instruments of unrighteousness...", WILL JESUS' DEATH BENEFIT THAT PERSON?

Jesus commanded us to "die TO our sins...". WHAT IF WE DON'T? WILL HIS DEATH BENEFIT US?

His "teachings" were the "works" that "none other had done". His "teachings" made known to us that we have sin, and need to repent of such a life. Without our repentance, His dying will be in vain. (John 15:22-25)

DO YOU VALUE HIS TEACHING? His teaching was not ONLY for the purpose of informing man that He died, and that His death was to reconcile us to God, but also that we might know the need for and the purpose for OUR OWN DYING! Without His 'teaching', our 'dying' would have no relevance to His 'dying'. 

The apostle Paul explained it as follows: "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life." ~ Romans 6:1-4

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