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(Romans 6: 23; Ephesians 1:7) Jesus’ death also proved that a human can remain loyal to God even when faced with the severest of tests. —Hebrews 4: 15. Consider how the death of one man could accomplish so much. Jesus died for “the forgiveness of our sins.” —Colossians 1: 14.
Jesus’ sacrifice is the means by which God delivers, or saves, humankind from sin and death. The Bible refers to the shed blood of Jesus as a ransom price. (Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1: 18, 19) Thus, Jesus said that he came “to give his life a ransom for many.”
That is where the ransom sacrifice of Jesus comes in. Look again at Romans 6:23. After mentioning that “the wages sin pays is death,” the verse says: “But the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.” So it’s the death of Jesus that opens the way for us to escape from sin and death. *
Christians believe that Jesus died for the sins of humankind. (1 Peter 3:18) However, salvation requires more than believing in Jesus as Savior. The demons know that Jesus is “the Son of God,” but they face destruction, not salvation.—Luke 4:41; Jude 6. What must I do to be saved? What about the “Sinner’s Prayer”?
a But our situation is not hopeless. Jehovah has provided a way for us to be delivered from the curse of sin and death by means of his Son, Jesus Christ. The Bible teaches that by his death, Jesus provided a ransom. A ransom is the price paid to release someone. The price Jesus paid was the value of his perfect human life. (Read Matthew 20:28 ...
However, the Bible does not describe the instrument of Jesus’ death, so no one can know its shape with absolute certainty. Still, the Bible provides evidence that Jesus died, not on a cross, but on an upright stake. The Bible generally uses the Greek word stau·rosʹ when referring to the
We also believe that Jesus is now ruling as King of God’s heavenly Kingdom, which will soon bring peace to the entire earth. (Revelation 11:15) However, we take Jesus at his word when he said: “The Father is greater than I am.” So we do not worship Jesus, as we do not believe that he is Almighty God.
Jesus ‘tasted death for everyone’ who exercises faith in him. ( Hebrews 2:9; John 3: 16 ) Thereafter, “God raised him up from the dead,” and Jesus returned to heaven as a spirit creature. ( Acts 3: 15 ) There, Jesus is able “to save completely those who are approaching God through him, because he is always alive to plead for them.”
Paul did not believe any of those negative consequences to be true. He knew that Jesus had been raised from the dead, and he summarized the evidences for the Corinthians, namely, “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, yes, that he has been raised up the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.”
Jesus died in order to redeem humankind The prophet Isaiah foretold that the promised Messiah’s suffering and death would provide atonement for the sins of humans. ( Isaiah 53:5, 10 ) Jesus clearly understood this, and he willingly gave “his soul a ransom in exchange for many.”