Gospel leaflet From howchristianityworks.org.uk by David Porter, © 2025 Jesus was the son of a human and of God. Why? What’s the point? So that he could put all the rest of us humans right with his Father.
Normally a cross breed is half and half. But, with Jesus, it was like crossing a rabbit with a car, or a volcano with a tree, or a human with a planet. Nothing matches. Hence Jesus ended up being entirely God yet entirely human.
Entirely God Entirely human Entirely God	so he could so he could so he wouldn’t	suffer & die suffer & die stay dead	in our place in our place	in God’s eyes in God’s eyes
Jesus was eventually executed, in our place (and, later still, rose from the dead). That wasn’t only God’s enemies winning (or so they thought). That was also God’s way of putting all of us right with himself, of forgiving all of us. Only then was God able to give his Holy Spirit to everyone (note: Holy). God’s Holy Spirit is: God’s Power, God’s muscle, how God himself does things. However, only those who’ve accepted Jesus’ sayings:
	forgive everyone, love your enemies, etc,
will also accept help to do them, namely from God’s Spirit. Only those who’ve accepted the Son also accept the Spirit. The Spirit makes no sense to unbelievers. John c14 v16-17 ( The Holy Spirit is also a person. I explain this in howchristianityworks.org.uk/ba_gods_identity_the_trinity.htm )
Jesus was spat on, blindfolded, and repeatedly punched, flogged with a flagrum (multiple whip, with heavy sharp bits), had a crown of the Euphorbia milii plant (1 inch thorns) pushed onto his head then crucified: knees bent so thigh muscles tire so near-horizontal arms take the weight and tend to dislocate & lengthen so breathing becomes hard and blood-oxygen decreases so breathing tries to increase and heart rate increases so you only last a few days. Why did the Father, and especially the Son, want to go through all that? Because that’s how much they wanted, & still want, to have a loving relationship with you. You are not lost. You are found.

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