Focus: Life or Death?

Not too long ago, I posed a question to one of the online communities I frequent. What is more important, Yeshua's life or his death? Personally, I believe his life is most important, and I'll explain why in a bit. But I found that most people who believe Yeshua is the messiah believe that his death is more important. After all, what saved us, his life or his death? Now, for the explanation of my belief on the subject.

I believe, as I said, that Yeshua's life was more important than his death. Not too much more important, but still more important. Common rebuttals to this statement are that his death is what saved us, not his life. But how could he die if he had not first lived? At the same time, sure his death saved us from our sins and an eternity separated from the holy, righteous, unfathomable, and overwhelming love of our Creator should we repent of our sins and turn to Him, but we still sin, yes? Precisely my point. Even with that salvation, that forgiveness, we still sin. His death did not, will not, and cannot prevent that. But his life can. It is through his life that we learn HOW to live, HOW to love, and HOW to follow G-d. Yeshua teaches us through his LIFE how to LIVE. He teaches us what is sin and how to best avoid it...not that we will always succeed at perfection, but we WILL succeed at being what G-d wants us to be: His Children.