Romans 8:1-2
In the beginning God created man in his own image and blessed him. Adam, the first man, was really happy and rich in God's grace. But when he didn't thank God and listen to God's commandment which would save him, he belonged to the devil. He listened to the devil's voice and ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that God commanded him not to eat. Through this, man's happiness, freedom and his right to rule over the whole world was changed into unhappiness, bondage, curses and destruction. The fate of eternal happiness in God was changed into eternal misfortune because of the devil (1 John 3:8, Heb 2:14-15). Man has been suffering because of the working of the devil, the enemy of God and man, since the beginning. All men are born as sinners, so everyone should die and go to hell due to the wages of their own sin. There's no way to escape curses, death and hell due to sin. This suffering was unavoidable until the matter of sin was resolved But our Lord God is love. He couldn't just overlook man's miserable physical and spiritual fate, so he worked to save us. He sent His one and only Son Jesus Christ into this world (John 3:16). Jesus Christ is the only Savior who can solve the matter of sin, curses and death. Jesus Christ is the Son of God and God Himself, so He doesn't have any sin. But He took away the sin of the world, carried the Cross, which was the worst punishment at that time, and died on it (Mark 10:45). At that moment Jesus Christ took all our sin, and the sin of all time was solved. All curses, suffering, and death in hell disappeared. Jesus Christ repaid the wages of our sin which led us to death. Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead in three days. We believe in Him because of His death and resurrection. Redemption is impossible without resurrection. If Jesus Christ didn't rise from the dead, it would have meant that He had died because of His own sin. But Jesus Christ died for the sin of man, and He rose again from the dead. It means that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, had no sin! Christianity and our faith are useless without His death and resurrection. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is freedom and life for believers. He destroyed sin and death caused by the devil. Without His resurrection, our problem of sin, death and suffering in hell would have remained. But sin was removed entirely due to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Only Jesus Christ rose again from the dead, and sin could never again exist and exercise its right over men. As the evidence, Jesus Christ is with us by the Holy Spirit and He gives us His eternal life. Only Jesus Christ set us free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:1-2).
