why would he have had to sacerfice his son? could he not have just said all has been forgiven and not had to resort to such measures? why would the one true god who created everything need a price for forgivness? ....
2006-06-28 06:15:49 · 23 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please no hate mail as this is an honest question.
2006-06-28 06:16:27 · update #1
Remember religion is man made. Who you follow should be what you feel. we are all children of the universe and there are Karmic laws that apply. Who ever said that god was male and who ever said it was a god and not a godess. these are all theroies. The god aspect is there to guide you. when you need help you call for them.--- call them what you will. there are angels, faeries, spirits ect. Just because you don't see them does not mean they are not there. If you remember certin things to follow( no one does 100%) the golden rule do unto others as you would have them do unto you---- treat nature and animals with respect--give what you can to the less fortuante--- live, love and laugh. You should be o.k.
2006-06-28 06:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by galynda 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is how it is:
In the beginning God created a man (Adam) and out of this man He created a woman (Eve).
He put them in a beautiful garden and told them to be fruitful, multiply, and to be the overseers of the garden.
Everything was lawful to them because they did not know sin. The only sin they could commit out of their innocence was the eating of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If they ate this would give them the knowledge of sin and they would lose their innocence.
God knew this so He commanded them not to eat of it. He told them, "If you eat it you will die." This is because anything that does not fulfill the purpose that God intended is no longer useful and thus must be destroyed.
They were disobedient and ate the fruit. They became unfruitful and died immediately (spiritual) and their bodies (following their spirits) started the dying process.
God kicked them out of the garden knowing that if they were to now eat of the tree of life that was also in the garden that they would become immortal while still in their sinful condition. God had a better plan to bring them back and yet allow them to be innocent.
They were fruitful and they multipied and filled the whole land. Alot of things happened and then God made the law and gave it to Moses. This was to expose sin as it is and to show men that it is impossible to be perfect.
After the law had it's time to sink in and do it's thing God fulfilled the greatest part of His plan. He sent His son (which is symbolical meaning the actual embodiment of Himself in the flesh) to come down here and make the ultimate sacrifice.
Why did he have to be sacrificed? You see all men at that time were DEAD spiritually and DYING physically. In order for them to not be DEAD spiritually and DYING physically someone else would have to DIE in their place. Because it was said in the beginning that they would die if they were to eat and they did.
But not just anyone could be the sacrifice. It would have to be perfect. Since no MAN could live the perfect life in order to be the perfect sacrifice God had to do it Himself.
So He came and He died for you. For your sins and the sins of your fathers from generation to generation all the way up until Adam and the original sin.
How does this work? When one places their faith in Jesus Christ, believing that He died for their sins and rose again, and commits their life into the trust of Jesus they become a new creation.
Their once DEAD spirit becomes ALIVE once more. That's all it takes. Once you are born again your spirit nature (your new man) will continue to grow and you will notice a change in your urges and your longings because this part of you will be tugging at your heart trying to show you a new direction.
Of course the old flesh nature (sinful nature) is there, but we are to concider it dead and to follow the spirit rather than the flesh.
And that is the condition every earth dwelling CHRISTIan is in. Caught between the new spirit nature and the old flesh nature. And with your confidence and faith in Jesus Christ you will continue following after the spirit more and more and following after the flesh less and less.
Hope that helps answer your question.
2006-06-28 06:38:48 · answer #2 · answered by Keith B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had to sacrifice his son to keep his word in the old testiment and because of free will. You have to make a choice to to beleive and live your life for God. If he said all is forgiven people would do what ever their hearts disired and think all is forgiven and think they had to face no consequence to their actions. It is kind of like todays law enforcement. You either follow the law or you pay for your actions. If you want to go to heaven then you have to follow God's law.
2006-06-28 06:20:23 · answer #3 · answered by msrsscott 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If no blood was required to forgive sin, then we would not see the gravity if sin. Think about it. What kind of world would we have if every time someone committed a crime the judge just said 'its okay don't worry'. God created a perfect world, no death, no tears, no work, only play. Sin gave us what we have now. Could you say "its okay"?
2006-06-28 06:22:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It proves that God is just and holy.
ALSO that his love is VOLUNTARY, just as he expects our love to be.
Sure maybe he could have done it some other way.
But the bottom line is that YAHSHUA (Jesus) is the ONLY WAY. HE is the SINLESS LAMB OF GOD. Because of the virgin birth, HIS BLOOD WAS HOLY, from HIS Father.
That is the way God made for us to return to him.
Look at what the Bible says:
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who FOR THE JOY SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God
2006-06-28 06:21:06 · answer #5 · answered by Krystal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SIn required blood atonement. Jesus was the final blood atonement for sin, so no more sacrifices would be needed.
And the other reason is for belief. He sent Jesus to save everyone, but given free will, we are required to either believe or not, therby solidifying our eternal lives. It was part of faith, part of free will. It was prophesied from the very beginning of the Bible, as it would be the only way into heaven, to be washed from the sins.
2006-06-28 06:21:11 · answer #6 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well because God wanted to show how much he loved us, to the point he sacrificed Jesus.Jesus on the other hand had a choice to call hundreds of angels to come to his rescue, but he didnt, because he had faith in his Father. I tried to explain it the best i could.
2006-06-28 06:31:01 · answer #7 · answered by natalie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your questions is very good... I dont believe in God and the idea of Christ resucitating and Maria being a virgin after giving birth are the most ridiculous of all.
2006-06-28 06:20:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 peice of advice, if u belive in god, dont question it. otherwise doubt will come. is like u ask how did moses seperate the red sea, how does the noah arks contains all the animal in the planet. its kinda.... Unreal i says sometimes what the bible says. but to ur question, jesus death = god trust us to live without him and his mission is done. death just a way to go back home.
2006-06-28 06:21:51 · answer #9 · answered by ek_is_jou_pa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would undermine the concept of free will if he just forgave us for free. It was our choice to deviate from his plan. We aren't his puppets and we have the ability to make our choices. Sacrificing his son was the only option given to us. It was a perfect sacrifice to overcome death.
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2006-06-28 06:19:32 · answer #10 · answered by Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋