Why did Jesus die and rise again? What is the consistent message of the New Testament? What does it really mean that Jesus is Lord?

“In every human heart, there is a cross and a throne. If self is on the throne, Christ is on the cross. If Christ is on the throne, self is on the cross. Which is it in your heart this morning? I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me.”

-The biographer who wrote William Borden’s life story