How deeply hurt Jesus must have felt when Adam and Eve turned their backs on God's sovereignty! Yet he patienty waited in the heavens for some 4,000 years, and then the time arrived for him to serve as Jehovah's greatest witness ever on earth! He was also aware that the universal issues directly involved him. Would he maintain integrity as a human on earth under any type of test?
His Adversary wasted no time. Shortly after Jesus' baptism and anointing, Satan tempted him. But Jesus' unequivocal statement to Satan, ''it is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service,'' showed him where he stood on the issues. How unlike Adam! (Matt. 4:1-10) More than that, Jesus ''humbled himself and became obedient as far as death, yes, death on a torture stake.'' (Phil. 2:7, 8) So the question, Will anyone maintain integrity to God's sovereignty if Satan is allowed to put him to the test?, was completely settled.
JESUS' DEATH ACCOMPLISHED MUCH MORE!
By his death on the torture stake, Jesus also gave ''his soul a ransom in exchange for many.'' (Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45) Jesus was a perfect human and his life had sacrificial value. By sacrificing his life Jesus not only makes it possible for us to receive forgiveness of sins but also gave us the opportunity for eternal life on a paradise earth, In harmony with God's original purpose. (Luke 23:43; Acts 13:38, 39; Heb. 9:13, 14; Rev. 21:3, 4)—From Proclaimers of God's Kingdom-edited by the Jehovah's Witnesses, see also:''Who Is Jesus Christ?'' from the Official Website of Jehovah's Witnesses.
See also:
JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S GREATEST VINDICATOR
JESUS, A WITNESS TO JEHOVAH AND TO THE TRUTH
JESUS, FULFILL GOD'S PURPOSE SPELLED OUT IN PROPHECY
JESUS, BEARING WITNESS TO GOD'S NAME
JESUS WITNESSED ABOUT GOD'S KINGDOM
JESUS, A WITNESS FAITHFULL EVEN TO DEATH
JESUS, HIS “PRESENCE AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE SYSTEM OF THINGS”
His Adversary wasted no time. Shortly after Jesus' baptism and anointing, Satan tempted him. But Jesus' unequivocal statement to Satan, ''it is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service,'' showed him where he stood on the issues. How unlike Adam! (Matt. 4:1-10) More than that, Jesus ''humbled himself and became obedient as far as death, yes, death on a torture stake.'' (Phil. 2:7, 8) So the question, Will anyone maintain integrity to God's sovereignty if Satan is allowed to put him to the test?, was completely settled.
JESUS' DEATH ACCOMPLISHED MUCH MORE!
By his death on the torture stake, Jesus also gave ''his soul a ransom in exchange for many.'' (Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45) Jesus was a perfect human and his life had sacrificial value. By sacrificing his life Jesus not only makes it possible for us to receive forgiveness of sins but also gave us the opportunity for eternal life on a paradise earth, In harmony with God's original purpose. (Luke 23:43; Acts 13:38, 39; Heb. 9:13, 14; Rev. 21:3, 4)—From Proclaimers of God's Kingdom-edited by the Jehovah's Witnesses, see also:''Who Is Jesus Christ?'' from the Official Website of Jehovah's Witnesses.
See also:
JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S GREATEST VINDICATOR
JESUS, A WITNESS TO JEHOVAH AND TO THE TRUTH
JESUS, FULFILL GOD'S PURPOSE SPELLED OUT IN PROPHECY
JESUS, BEARING WITNESS TO GOD'S NAME
JESUS WITNESSED ABOUT GOD'S KINGDOM
JESUS, A WITNESS FAITHFULL EVEN TO DEATH
JESUS, HIS “PRESENCE AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE SYSTEM OF THINGS”
