February 14,1990 • Portland Observer
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Amos: Chapter 3
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Black History
Month Observance
Why Did He Have To Die?
by M attie A nn C allier-Spears
(based on the text found in I Peter 3 & 4
T H E L IV IN G BIBLE]
Jesus C hrist, the Son o f the Living God,
w as bom o f the virgin M ary and becam e
flesh.
As C hrist stood speaking to His d is­
ciples, he said “ I am the way, the truth, and
the life: no man com eth unto the Father, but
by m e. If ye had know n m e, for who I am,
then you w ould have know n who my Father
is. From now on you know h im — and have
seen him !” “ D on’t you believe that I am in
the Father and the Father is in m e? The
w ords I say are not m y ow n but are from my
Father w ho lives in m e. A nd he does his
w ork through me. Just believe it— that I am
in the Father and the Father is in m e. Or else
believe it because o f the m ighty m iracles
you have seen m e d o .” [JO H N 14]
Yes! C hrist lived am ong us and He suf­
fered hum an pains. He cam e to this earth so
that he could better understand the hum an
side o f m an. In doing so, he also found out
the difficulty that m an was having with sin.
T he C ro ss w as a planned destiny. C hrist
had to m ake that su p re m e sacrifice; if he
had n o t . . . we w ould all be lo st. C hrist h ad
to die.
C an you im agine dying for your friends?
T h at is w hat C hrist did! C hrist suffered for
Y O U ! He d ied once for the sins o f all us
guilty sinners, although he h im self was
innocent o f any sin at any tim e, that he
m ight bring us safely hom e to G od. B ut
though h is body died, his spirit lived on,
and it w as in the spirit that he visited the
spirits in prison, and preached to them —
spirits o f those w ho, long before in the days
o f N oah, w aited patiently for them while
N oah w as building the Ark. Yet, only eight
persons w ere saved from drow ning in that
terrible flood. (That, by the way, is w hat
baptism pictures for us: In baptism we show
that we have been saved from death and
doom by the resurrection o f C hrist; n o t
because our bodies are w ashed clean by the
water, but because in being baptized we are
turning to G od and asking him to cleanse
our h e a rts from sin.)
Now, C hrist is in heaven, sitting in the
place o f honor next to G od the Father, with
all the angels and pow ers o f heaven bow ing
before him and obeying him .
Since C hrist suffered and underw ent
pain, you m ust have the sam e attitude he
did; you m ust be ready to suffer, too. For
the rest o f your life chasing after evil d e ­
sires, but w ill be anxious to do the will o f
G od. You have had enough in the past of the
evil things the godless enjoy: sex sin, lust,
getting drunk, wild parties, drinking bouts,
and the w orship o f idols, and other terrible
sins.
O f course, your form er friends w ill be
very surprised w hen you d o n ’t eagerly join
them any m ore in the w icked things they
do, and they "Will laugh at you in that they
m ust face the Judge o f all, living and dead;
they w ill be punished for the way they have
lived. T h at is w hy the G O O D N EW S was
preached even to those who were dead—
killed by the flood— so that although their
bodies were punished with death, they could
still live in their spirits as G od lives.
T he end o f the w orld is com ing soon.
T herefore be earnest, thoughtful men of
prayer. M ost im portant o f all, continue to
show deep love for each other, for love
m akes up for m any o f your faults. C heer­
fully share you have w ith those who need a
m eal or a place to stay for the night.
G od has given each o f you som e special
abilities; be sure to use them to help each
other, passing on to others G o d ’s many
kinds o f blessings.
T his suffering is a llp a rto f the work G od
has given you. C hrist, w ho suffered for you,
is your exam ple. Follow in his steps: He
n e v er sin n e d , n e v e r told a lie, n ev er an ­
sw ered back w hen insulted; when he su f­
fered he did not threaten to get even; he left
his case in the hands o f G od who alw ays
ju d g es fairly. He personally carried the load
o f our sins in his ow n body w hen he died on
the cross, so that we can be finished w ith sin
and live a good life from now on. For his
w ounds have healed ours! PRAISE THE
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"All progress is precarious,
and the solution of one problem
brings us face to face w ith another."
LORD!!
We are all like sheep w ho have gone
astray; but C h rist cam e to die, so that we
could all be rescued. T here is ju st one catch,
though. G od gave to m an— the ability to
choose. Yes, G od created us; but he does
n o t force any o f us to serve him . He has
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m ust decide w hether or not they want C hrist
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