1) God sent his son Jesus to become human to redeem us. He came to teach us and to die in place of us.
2) Since he is human, yes, he did die and he did get resurrected.
3) Are you talking about the crucifix that you have? When I pray, I don't pray in front of the crucifix. It really depends on the denomination.
4) Hell is for the fallen angels and for those who refuse to accept God's word and, in a sense, who refused to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. Look at John: "No one can come to the father except through me."
5) That's the mystery of the Trinity. It's beyond man's comprehension.
6) I don't have an answer for this one.
7) Yes, we are supposed to worship him, but the people of that time didn't understand. The people at that time didn't understand that Jesus was the Savior, the Messiah. They expected the Messiah to be someone that is going to save them and that he is going to come down with fanfare. They didn't expect him to be a lowly carpenter.
2006-07-02 06:49:53
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answer #1
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answered by Stephanus S 3
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Jesus is God's ONLY Begotten son (meaning the only thing in the Universe God created). Everything else came into being through Christ working for God. The Trinity is a man-made creation, not from the Bible. No where in the bible does it say Jesus and God and the Holy Spirit are the same individual. That's man made doctrine. Why pick such a bad way to die? He didn't pick his death, humans did, and it was the Roman way to kill people, literally hundreds of thousands of people died that way and it happened for a reason. Jesus as a "Sacrifice to God" could NOT have any broken bones, because sacrifices had to remain perfect, that is, while alive. He remained without sin and until he died he suffered nothing that would damage his ability to die for our sins as a sacrifice. Jesus is not God, but was created by God as his Loving Son.
2006-07-02 07:18:33
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answer #2
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answered by AdamKadmon 7
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1. Jesus became as a human to provide us an example of what can be done. He also volantarily gave up his power to become the final sacrifice needed for our sins.
2. I know this will sound wierd, but Jesus was 100% human AND 100% God at the same time. Jesus as the human died for our sins as the sinless Lamb of God. God the Father and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are all one yet distinct. The triune God.
3. Jesus is the intercessor between us and God the Father. We cannot get to Heaven or talk with God, except through Him. And since He is God, we can pray to Him whenever we want.
4. Jesus died for all of our sins. However we have to accept His gift. Let's say you're locked in a room and someone creates the key to get out. You have to accept the key to get out, if you don't, even though the key exists, you are still locked in with no way out.
5. I think you do have an issue with the Triune aspect of God. This is something that we will never fully understand until we meet Him at judgement time. Check out the section at the website below on the Trinity. http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/God.asp
6. We sinned and deserve punnishment. If you stole a car, there is no doubt that you are guilty and had to go before a judge, wouldn't the judge have to punish you? Well Jesus is like the guy that goes up to the judge and says that he will pay the fine required of you. Our sins are so bad that Jesus' sacrifice was the only way to accomplish our salvation.
7. Jesus had the ability to not go to the cross at any time. He chose to go, because He cared that much for us that He would endure that pain and suffering for us.
Just writting all of these answers just makes me realize how blessed I am that I have a God that cares so much for me, He would allow His own Son to die in my place. When I am alone in this world, He is with me.
I hope these answers help. God bless.
2006-07-02 06:44:11
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answered by bobm709 4
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1- Jesus and God the Father are one, but are diffrent persons. That's why the confusion. Jesus chose to come to earth to reunite mankind with his Father.
2-The body of Jesus died, yes. But his innerman didn't, he went to hell to get the keys from Satan so that all who beleive in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
3-As you say, we worship God, not the temporal things.
4-Heaven is the residence of God, for a time. Because Christ will return to earth and reign on it for a thousand years, Satan will be bound and after be release, then God the Father will trow Satan in the lake of fire and make a new earth and a new heaven(read Revelation 19, 20, 21 and 22). Hell is where all of those that die without Christ goes for a time, they will be brought back to life to be judged by God and put in the lake of fire, that is, to be destroyed.(That is the second ressurection. Blessed are those who take part in the first ressurection.)
5-Since they are two diffrent person, they can seat one beside the other, even if they are one "spiritually".
6-There is many scripture illustrating the death of Christ in the Old Testament(see Isaia 53). It was prophesied that he had to be hanged up, that he had to broused, that he would not be recognizable. Now imagine the crusification. (Mel Gibson was not even close to what it was like!!)
7-It is written that we are all sinners and falled short of is grace. That meens that none of us his bether then the guy that nailed to the cross, or the one beated him, or the one who spit in his face.
God want everyone to know him personally as he is The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Just ask Him, And He will show you the way.
2006-07-02 07:20:14
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answered by Gino C 1
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Jesus in the spirit is God. While he was on earth he was fully human, he was born and raised in the style acceptable at that time. After he died he became exalted as his Father. Jesus by the way never requested that anybody worship him, he always defered to his and our Father in Heaven, which he made 'our God' by his sacrifice. It is we who are supposed to be peace loving, not God. God is able to set things so we can live in peace and often because humans are what they are, mess things up so that we have to work at making it right again. When Jesus comes again there will be no more free will so obviously now, we all are being punished already by exercising that natural response. We can live out of, beyond the natural with the holy spirits help, thus thats why the trinity exists, to help us.
2006-07-02 07:11:25
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answer #5
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answered by Marcus R. 6
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They are the trinity---GOD, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. For example, If you have a ice cube and you break off a peace, that peace still came from that one ice cube and is a part of it. Jesus and the Holy Spirit are a part of GOD. You have two that came from the one. I hope this has not confused you more. GOD did not pick the way Jesus died, man did. The way he died was the way men were put to death in those days by the Romans. Not everyone believed that Jesus was the son of GOD, the Jews did not believe and they are GODs chosen people. The non believers are the ones who crucified Jesus. I hope this helps to understand a little more. GOD Bless You!
2006-07-02 06:56:38
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answered by laurelbush28762 4
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1) Jesus was transformed into a human so that he could fully understand what it is like to be human. Nothing says "I understand, I've been there" better than someone who has actually "been there".
2) Since Jesus became human, he could die. All humans die. Its a guarantee. Unless Jesus became human, he couldn't face death.
3) what do you see as the trinity? Do you understand that idea of the "godhead"? God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit? Man was created in God's image. We have three parts. Man the body, man the soul, and man the spirit. Not bible, but Freud, Erikson, Pavlov all say our "conscious" is our "spirit". Our soul is the part of us that lives forever.
4) Jesus did die for the atonement of our sins. But there is this little thing called free will. Its up to you to accept Him and thus accept His atonement. Heaven and hell are consequences to your decision.
5)When someone sits on the "right hand" of someone else, its a symbol of power. Even so, Jesus and God are the same, but separate, just as your body and soul are the same, but separate.
6) God didn't cause sin to happen. Sin = separation from God. the more sin in your life, the more separate you are from God. Under the law, the attonement for our sins were different sacrifices made of different things done different ways. As God, He could have chosen a different way, but it wouldn't be fair to tell everyone else to act one way and do one thing, then turn around and do something different for yourself. He could have pulled rank and do it a different way, but He didn't. He obeyed the law instead of rising above it (though He could have).
7)Some would say it was politcal motivation that caused the crucifixion. Crucifying someone wasn't uncommon in that time. It was a form of punishment. But, from the beginning of time, God knew He was going to create man. He knew that man would fall. He knew that because of this fall, He would have to come Himself and die for our sins. He knew that even after doing that, many of us would still reject Him and chose not to have a relationship with Him because He didn't create us as robots, but gave us free will. But yet He still created us. Why? Because He wanted a relationship with us, with you. He wanted you to wake up in the morning and tell Him hello. Wanted to know about your day, you thoughts. There is nothing greater to Him than to have you willfully commit to Him, and for Him to have a relationship with you. If you can believe that, than the other is easier to believe. The questions you ask are very deep, sincere questions. We all came from somewhere, we are all going on a journey to somewhere. There is a greater power than us. These are absolutes.
2006-07-02 07:10:11
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answered by firerookie 5
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To many questions. I will answer one.
"1=if Jesus and god are one then why transform himself into human?"
Jesus is the son of God and a god. There was war in Heaven. Satan was cast out. He claimed no one could keep Gods laws. It was to difficult. Jesus can to prove Satan wrong. He lived a perfect live without sin to prove man could do it. He died as an innocent man. Then all of heaven could see that Satan was a liar and evil.
2006-07-02 06:55:04
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answered by SEOplanNOW.com 7
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The Son of God and the Father God are two separate personages. Most Christians are still falling for Constantine (the Roman Emperor and Priest of the Sun God )Nicene Council desecration of Christianity which created the Catholic Church and started the Inquisition and the Crusades. We need to rethink Christianity and reject the Haven for Homosexual Pedophiles and all it's many offshoots before we can answer the Question of the TRUE nature of God.
2006-07-02 06:47:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Subject: Interpretation of the Holy Scriptures.
To: "David Gooch"
2 Peter 1:20 - Knowing this first, that no prophecy of
the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Read the King James version of the Holy Bible for the
answer that you seek. For it will reveal the TRUTH to
you in you humble yourself and pray the the Holy
Spirit reveal the TRUTH to you.
2006-07-02 06:42:50
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answered by Anonymous
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