Jesus waz here

I’ve always thought that every human being desires immortality and will express the desire in someway through their actions. That explains why when you go to any school; you’ll find endless graffiti on desks, seats, walls of classrooms and even toilets with individual’s real names and  nicknames going something like; Maskadudu was here, Jaymo was here on 16/04/1995 and on and on. I’ve not seen this at my workplace and that makes me wonder whether desire for immortality is more in youngsters than adults. Another day as I walked through Hell’s gate National park, I noticed endless graffiti on the valleys, gulleys and caves therein all trying to say ‘waz here’. One sure thing though is that deep down the heart of every human being is the desire to be remembered by future generations more so for the contribution we’ll have made to humanity during our tenancy on earth. The sad truth is that most of us know quite consciously that we are doing very little or no investment towards our immortality or posterity. We only have hope to do much in future, a thought that is always at the back of our minds. What we forget though is that life passes fast and before we realize it, that day we do not know, we will be out of this world. That’s why  Hebrews 9:27 puts it this way, ‘Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment’ Once someone dies, and that is anytime, there wouldn’t be chance to consider immortality.

In the mood of Easter celebrations, it’s wise to consider ‘Jesus waz here’. It is said and truly so that no single man has had greater impact on the world beyond Jesus Christ. For that, let’s consider a little of his biography. Born to carpenter Joseph and Virgin Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit, at 12 he was already involved in deep Biblical discussions with Pharisees and teachers of the law. At 30, he began his public ministry. After baptism, he did miracle No. 1 ‘controversially’ changing water to wine after which he literally drove hawkers out of the Temple of God; overturning tables, freeing doves, goats and cattle, scattering their coins to leave the temple clean (John 2).  Within 3 years the bible says He did So many miracles were they to be written, ‘the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written’ John 21:25. To cap his ministry were breathtaking events summarized in the Pain He went through; meaning of which was salvation to humanity. As he prayed on the mountain, He considered the pain ahead and prayed, ‘Lord, if it is your will, take this cup (of suffering) from me. However, not my will but your will be done.’ Luke 22:42. Before long, Judas betrayed Him and he went the painful shameful way of the cross to cavalry where he hang between two thieves. He was sinless but he had to nail our sins on the cross. ‘Then at the sixth hour there’s darkness over the whole land for 3 hours up to the ninth hour and the curtain of the temple was torn into two’ (Luke 23:44) signaling all humans’ ability to plead their own cases before God and get salvation at will. When he was buried, a rock was rolled onto his grave. They forgot He was too powerful to be held by the grave and that He’d already conquered hell and Hades.  When those women came to look for Him on the third day, the rock had been rolled away. Immediately, Angels appeared to them and asked, ‘Why do you look for the Living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen!’ (Luke 24:5-6) . All these sufferings He went through sinless as he was so that He could save us from sin and death. For that reason he says "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’’ John 14:6. Yes! We won’t get to eternal peace and joy after our death unless we believe in Jesus. Our failure to believe will only earn us eternal death of fire in hell. Thus the formulae to a happy immortality is scripture that says, “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. John 5:24.  

It is thus pure truth to say that; for our salvation was the only reason Jesus waz here