There are 60 seconds in a minute. 3600 seconds in an hour, 86,400 seconds in a day, 604,800 seconds in a week, at least 2,592,000 seconds in a month and 31,557,600 seconds in a year. Why all the figures and calculations you say? Jesus Christ is recorded to have lived on this earth in human form for 33 years. That means Jesus lived for at least 1,041,400,800 seconds. Again why all the crazy numbers? Because every second we exist on this earth is another chance for us to sin. Every bad thought, every harmful action, every act of greed, theft, lust, envy, jealousy, rage, fear, doubt is another sin. We as humans are so prone to sin because of our sin nature passed down through the generations from the very first humans that sinned. God knows this and understands, in fact that's precisely why He came - to save us from our sins. He knows we can't save or even help ourselves to stop sinning so that's why He stepped into time as Jesus. Here's the amazing part. In all those millions of seconds of Jesus existence here on earth He never sinned once. Not even once. Not even a bad thought. Not a bad word. Not an action out of place.
I know you might be thinking "yeah, but Jesus was God... He can't sin anyway" but there's more to it than that... The Bible says in Hebrews 4:15 that Jesus was "in all points tempted just like us, yet without sin". What this means is that while Jesus existed here in human form He very much had the ability to sin. He could have chosen to give in to temptation but He didn't. The Devil isn't stupid and he wouldn't have wasted his time tempting Jesus if Jesus didn't have the capacity to sin. Just like us and the angels, Jesus has the choice for free will too yet He chose us the whole time. You see, if Jesus did give in once to the temptation... even just once.... then it was all over. There was no saviour for Him and then there would be no saviour for us either. The whole world would have been doomed. In fact it gets much worse than that... Jesus made everything and everything is upheld by the authority of who He is and His everlasting words. So if Jesus did sin, it meant that He wasn't the Son of God, it meant that He wasn't the Creator, it meant He wasn't the Beginning and the End. By sinning even just once it would have discredited who He was and everything would have changed.
A very scary and dangerous thought if you can get your mind to comprehend the ramifications of what it means that everything in existence plunges into darkness and total chaos. It would have been the complete opposite of creation. Ultimate destruction. Everything Jesus created would have ended all at once. And who do you think would have loved to see that happen even if it meant he ended with it too? That's right... Lucifer. The archangel that rebelled and became Satan the Devil because he wanted to be Jesus and sit on the throne in Heaven. This is why Jesus called Satan "the destroyer". So now you can understand why Satan the devil was trying so hard to get Jesus to sin. If Jesus sinned even once, then Satan won. In his mind, he would have got his twisted and perverse revenge on the rightful King of everything. But as we all know the story didn't go like that... Jesus existed in human form that whole time completely and totally sinless. Not... even... once. It says Jesus was tempted in ALL points like us too. That means every single sin. I mean EVERY single sin. Suicide, Rage, Lust, Murder, Sexual impurity... every single sin including the really dark ones we don't like to mention.
Jesus felt and faced every single one and defeated all of them. Now that's what I call a King. Only a King could do that. This is why there are angels in Heaven whose sole purpose is to sing continuously forever and ever "Worthy is the Lamb!" because He really is just that... Worthy. He did all that for you. He never gave in once... for you. Everything Jesus did here on earth was for us. To make the way for us back to where we were always meant to be... with Him. Yet, He felt the temptation of every single sin so that He can understand what you're going through and be the place you can run to in your time of need. Indescribable empathy. So when you are weak, He is strong because He's already walked that road. And in His act of dying for us as the sacrificial Lamb of God He made the payment for us when we do sin so that we can be forgiven if we humbly confess our faults. And every single time He forgives us and restores us back to relationship with the Father through Him. What a truly amazing King to do that. What kind of love is that? It's a love that's not from this world that's for sure. What a King... Truly the King of all Kings that walked among us.
So no matter what you're facing and no matter how hard it is - Jesus is there for you. He understands and will help you if you just take His hand. He endured everything He did... for you. Because you were worth giving life. You were worth saving and you are worth more.
[ Hebrews 4:15- This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin ]
I know you might be thinking "yeah, but Jesus was God... He can't sin anyway" but there's more to it than that... The Bible says in Hebrews 4:15 that Jesus was "in all points tempted just like us, yet without sin". What this means is that while Jesus existed here in human form He very much had the ability to sin. He could have chosen to give in to temptation but He didn't. The Devil isn't stupid and he wouldn't have wasted his time tempting Jesus if Jesus didn't have the capacity to sin. Just like us and the angels, Jesus has the choice for free will too yet He chose us the whole time. You see, if Jesus did give in once to the temptation... even just once.... then it was all over. There was no saviour for Him and then there would be no saviour for us either. The whole world would have been doomed. In fact it gets much worse than that... Jesus made everything and everything is upheld by the authority of who He is and His everlasting words. So if Jesus did sin, it meant that He wasn't the Son of God, it meant that He wasn't the Creator, it meant He wasn't the Beginning and the End. By sinning even just once it would have discredited who He was and everything would have changed.
A very scary and dangerous thought if you can get your mind to comprehend the ramifications of what it means that everything in existence plunges into darkness and total chaos. It would have been the complete opposite of creation. Ultimate destruction. Everything Jesus created would have ended all at once. And who do you think would have loved to see that happen even if it meant he ended with it too? That's right... Lucifer. The archangel that rebelled and became Satan the Devil because he wanted to be Jesus and sit on the throne in Heaven. This is why Jesus called Satan "the destroyer". So now you can understand why Satan the devil was trying so hard to get Jesus to sin. If Jesus sinned even once, then Satan won. In his mind, he would have got his twisted and perverse revenge on the rightful King of everything. But as we all know the story didn't go like that... Jesus existed in human form that whole time completely and totally sinless. Not... even... once. It says Jesus was tempted in ALL points like us too. That means every single sin. I mean EVERY single sin. Suicide, Rage, Lust, Murder, Sexual impurity... every single sin including the really dark ones we don't like to mention.
Jesus felt and faced every single one and defeated all of them. Now that's what I call a King. Only a King could do that. This is why there are angels in Heaven whose sole purpose is to sing continuously forever and ever "Worthy is the Lamb!" because He really is just that... Worthy. He did all that for you. He never gave in once... for you. Everything Jesus did here on earth was for us. To make the way for us back to where we were always meant to be... with Him. Yet, He felt the temptation of every single sin so that He can understand what you're going through and be the place you can run to in your time of need. Indescribable empathy. So when you are weak, He is strong because He's already walked that road. And in His act of dying for us as the sacrificial Lamb of God He made the payment for us when we do sin so that we can be forgiven if we humbly confess our faults. And every single time He forgives us and restores us back to relationship with the Father through Him. What a truly amazing King to do that. What kind of love is that? It's a love that's not from this world that's for sure. What a King... Truly the King of all Kings that walked among us.
So no matter what you're facing and no matter how hard it is - Jesus is there for you. He understands and will help you if you just take His hand. He endured everything He did... for you. Because you were worth giving life. You were worth saving and you are worth more.
[ Hebrews 4:15- This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin ]
