Who Is Jesus and Why Should I Care?

In today’s fast paced world of instant gratification, high tech communication, and electronic devices that allow access to the internet from anywhere, at any time, why should I care about someone who lived 2000 years ago? How could anything He did all those years ago affect me today? These are all great questions, and the answer is actually quite simple. But first, a bit of background information. The very first words of the Bible are “In the beginning, God.” This four word phrase tells us two things. One, the world had a beginning. Two, God was there at the beginning. He actually created the world, the universe, and everything in it. Once the world was made, He created a man and a woman and placed them in a garden. Very quickly Adam, the first man, and his wife Eve, the first woman, rebelled against God. This act of rebellion brought sin into the world. All of their descendants, including you and I, have been born into sin. What is sin? Sin is simply doing what God says you shouldn’t