The sole purpose of the Bible is to point to its purpose, which is to reconcile sinful man to God through Jesus Christ, God's Son.

Why do we need to be reconciled?  Reconciliation is that of owing a debt and having it paid in full.  Jesus paid that debt for us; He came to draw us back to Him because sin entered the world through the first man and woman, who were deceived by and obeyed Satan in the Garden of Eden.  This is not an easy task, for there is a battle going on...a battle for your soul. 

How did this battle begin? There was a rebellion in heaven. In Revelation 12:1-3 the dragon, the serpent of old, who is called the devil and Satan, waged war against the woman (Jews) who was about to give birth to a male son (Jesus), and also against her offspring, the children of God saved through Jesus (vs. 17), called Christians.  In vs. 4 we see a third of the stars (angels) of heaven thrown down to the earth by the dragon's tail.  In vs. 9 we are told the great dragon, the serpent of old, who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him." Thus began the spiritual warfare we read about throughout the Bible. Have you ever been in the middle of a war? There are only two involved: GOOD and EVIL.

God has ALL CONTROL. Therefore, He gave all human creation the choice to obey GOOD or EVIL. GOOD is a master and EVIL is a master. The Word says in Matthew 6:24 that “No man can serve two masters; either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.” We can’t just NOT choose a side. God doesn’t give us that option. HE IS ALMIGHTY and has ALL CONTROL. All His creation is subject to Him.

The Word also states in Ephesians 6:12, “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” This warfare happens on earth as well as in heaven. Check out Jude 1:9 where the Archangel Michael disputes with the devil over the body of Moses. Satan is alive and well, and is at war (while he has time) to keep people deceived, preventing them from the salvation made available through Jesus Christ. It's not that he loves God's children; he's out to destroy God and His children!

When God created man, God’s words were not physically written anywhere. God spoke to Adam and Eve directly. He told them what they could and could not do. Because Adam and Eve were deceived by God’s adversary, the serpent (aka the devil and Satan) into disobeying God’s command, God sentenced the serpent, Adam and Eve with a curse of judgment. What does that mean?

We can only assume Adam and Eve were never supposed to see death, but because they were deceived by the serpent and didn’t obey God, their sin was subject to God’s law; that is “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Because of Adam and Eve’s sin, everyone born since is born into sin (Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:12-14) and all die spiritually and physically. When the nations of Adam and Eve repented by doing their best to serve God, they still were enslaved to sinning (Romans 6:17). God then gave them a law, which was to sacrifice the very best lamb they had at a time called Passover (Exodus 12:6). This was done once a year so the lamb could "pass over" their sins from that year to the next. This practice was symbolic of the coming of the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29).  That Lamb was Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

When man could physically write the laws of God, these writings were called “scriptures”, now known as “The Holy Bible”. The original language of the first scriptures was Hebrew/Chaldea. After Jesus Christ came into the world as the Lamb of God and fulfilled the Old Testament laws and prophesies (Matthew 5:17), the New Testament was then written in Greek. The English translations since printed have caused many to err in doctrinal understanding. This is why it is imperative we research questionable English wording by finding the applicable definition in the original languages.

The Bible says we are slaves to sin (John 8:34). Satan's purpose is to keep us enslaved! In spite of Satan, God made THE WAY to deliver everyone from sin and its consequences (Romans 8:21). We can choose to remain slaves to sin and ignore the Way God has made for us, or we can choose the Way, the Truth and the Life, which sets us free from the law of sin and death (John 14:6; John 8:32).

What is the Way, the Truth and the Life? Well, because everyone is sinful, we must be reconciled back to God (Romans 5:6-11). How do we that? Because Jesus Christ paid for our sin IN FULL by His death on the cross (Luke 23:46), we must accept Him as our Lord (our Master) and walk in obedience to God. However, if we don’t believe or receive Jesus Christ, we have denied His payment. If we do this, we are still under the law of sin and death (right into the dragon's trap).

Well, we know everyone dies. That’s true (except in some cases recorded in the Bible). So what is the big deal? Doesn't our death pay for our sins? If so, we wouldn't have needed a Savior. There must be more to this story, and here it is! God wants to empower you to overcome Satan, not only on earth, but even in death! Because Jesus was sinless, He was worthy to pay for your sin; you are blameless through Him and now worthy (because of the Lamb) to receive the Spirit of God in you, and live in the kingdom of God for all eternity! (Philippians 2:15). You are free from the dragon's clenches, both here on earth, when you die, and in heaven. The Lord's prayer that Jesus prayed included, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

We MUST CHOOSE this day whom we will serve (Joshua 14:15). To reject the One (Jesus Christ) is to serve the other, which is EVIL (Satan). Because we are sinful and have no sacrifice for sin when we reject Jesus Christ, those who physically die without Him will also experience eternity apart from God with the dragon (aka the serpent of old, the devil and Satan) [Rev 20:10, 15]. Rather than focus on EVIL and what God has in store for them, let’s focus on the GOOD and what lies in store for those who love God and are called according to His purpose, that purpose being salvation through Jesus Christ (Romans 8:28).

So how do we become saved? It's explained in my hub, "Come to JESUS: Salvation": http://hubpages.com/hub/Come-to-JESUS-Salvation