The Need of a Redeemer

Stacy Kudlicki
9/27/07
REL 211 - Ludlow
Jesus the Christ Chapter Reflection
Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer
In this chapter, I leanred that as spirits in the pre-mortal world, we were endowed with the power of agency and that we would have the opprtunity to come to Earth and experience complete liberty of choice. We "would be given commandments and laws, free to obey or disobey, with the just and inevitable condition that he should enjoy or suffer the natural results of his choice" (18). Heavenly Father was well aware of the dangers of the plan. He knew that, without a former knowledge of this pre-Earth life, of God, and of man's nature, all of us would eventually spiral down into a spiritual death of sin. This made it necessary that a means of redemption should be provided. We would inevitable sin, but with a savior, we had a means whereby we can make amends and choose to avail ourselves from "the dire effect". Something important that I put together through reading this chapter was that God would not be God (just, yet merciful) if He were to make all men suffer the consequences of naive folly without provision for redemption. Because Jesus was sinless, he did not deserve death. Satan could not tempt him as he had our first parents, whereby causing all men, as sinners, to be subject to death. So when Jesus willingly gave his life, death could not conquer him and he was subsequently resurrected.