The Good Of The Father (Why Jesus?)

 With Christ have I been crucified, yet I am living; no longer I, but living in me is Christ.  Now that which I am now living in the flesh, I am living in the faith that is of the Son of God, Who loves me, and gives Himself up for me 

Paul to the Galatians 2: 20, Concordant New Testament 

One of the greatest thoughts which I've had to overcome in my knowing of my life in Christ is the fact that I've already died with Him.  The apostle Paul makes clear this point in his letter to the church in Galatia {Paul to the Galatians 2:20}.  One would think that if I had died, that I would remember it.  Yet I am told that I have indeed died with Christ Jesus on that cross.  If I have indeed died, how is it that I can still be here?  Thes are the questions which I have had to fight through in my own understanding of who it is that I am in Him.  One of the first was, why Jesus?  If God, Who is infinite in knowledge, foreknew our lives, why wouldn't He simply find an easier way to go about doing what He did?  Keep in mind, I am not critiquing at all the works of the Father, for His wisdom surpasses all.  Is it not He who has proclaimed all which He created "Good" {Genesis 1:31}?  If we believe this then we must admit that included in His original creation were the events which were soon to take place.  The knowledge that His human creation would ignore His instructions and make the choice to eat of the fruit which He Himself had forbidden.  The knowledge that, in doing this, mankind would now require a sacrifice to atone for this original sin.  Were these events indeed a part of God's original creation?  If so, then He is certainly justified in declaring His creation to be good.  Knowing that the Father is all-seeing and all-knowing, it is my belief that God knew before time even began the events which were to take place.  He has proclaimed that He knows already the plans that He has for us {Jeremiah 11:29}.  The prophet has proclaimed that God knew me before I was even born {Psalm 139:15-16}.  Therefore, I simply do not see how it is possible that God has not known the future events of His creation even before they unfolded.  Yes, His creation has been declared good.  

In that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in Me, and I in you 

Johns Account 14: 20, Concordant New Testament 

So, why is it that I needed to die with Jesus?  Why was I also nailed to that cross with Him?  Why Jesus?  Why me?  The answer is NOT that I was somehow separated from God due to the choices of Adam and Eve.  This is the popular theology of the mainstream church, and it's also the reason that I believe that I have been lied to by them.  For how is it that I could ever be separated from He Who created me {Genesis 1:27}?  This lie of the church is nothing compared to the lie which the accuser fed unto Adam and Eve in the garden.  For they were told that if they were to take of the forbidden fruit that they would "Be like God" {Genesis 3:1-7}.  The issue here is that Adam and Eve were ALREADY like God in the purest sense.  For they, as I am, were indeed created in the likeness of the Father.  They had the Father in them, as I do.  Yet Satan, as devious as he is, added something to the lie which he proposed to Adam and Eve.  The fact that if they were to partake of the fruit which God had commanded them not to, that they would indeed "Be like God, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL" {Genesis 3:5}.  Can we assume that at this point in our history, that Adam and Eve had any clue what good and evil even were?  No, but it must have sounded good for them to eat of the fruit.  As a result of this, I believe that the first couple fell out of step with the Father but did not become separated from Him.  As a result, God needed to reconnect with His creation, to once again draw them unto Himself.  Hence, the need for Christ Jesus.  For it is only through His death and ours that we are once again drawn unto the Father.  As the first Adam was the first among the Fathers creation in the physical realm, the second Adam (Jesus) proclaims a new creation in the spirit {Paul to the Corinthians 15:45-47}.  And it has been declared good.  

~Scott~