I never understood this, how did his death allow our sins to be forgiven? What happened to everyone who died before him, did they go to hell because they couldn't be forgiven?
I'm actually curious (I'm not trying to be offensive), and haven't found any real answers in the bible.
2006-07-18 00:59:57 · 12 answers · asked by DrewBoy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
By the way I do not follow any organised religion and do not believe that anything that does no harm to oneself or others could be considered a "sin". I am simply curious as to how this has been interpreted by believers and non-believers alike.
2006-07-18 01:09:10 · update #1
Read John 3:16 in the Bible. In Jewish law, it was necessary for a sacrifice to be made for sins to be forgiven. Usually an unblemished lamb was the best offer to be made for the sins of men and women. God allowed His Son, to be the sacrifice for the sin of mankind. He was perfect and without blemish. He was the only sacrifice good enough to forgive the sins of man. Before the death of Christ and His Resurrection, man was saved through the practice of the Law.
2006-07-18 01:09:04 · answer #1 · answered by loufedalis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the wages of sin is death (physical and spiritual), a plan was put in place. The Bible speaks of this plan frequently. If you read through the Old Testament, it speaks of laws and sacrifices that have to be made to atone for sin. When Jesus came, He was a God/Man- perfect - yet flesh. He hasthe ability to take the sins of the world upon Him. His body was sacrificed, His blood an atonement for all. He is able to take the responsibility for the sin of the world. Now, He arose - meaning that He overcame physical and spiritual death because of who He is. A human will make a decision about accepting this gift. Additionally, when you pray to accept this gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ, you also accept the Holy Spirit into your life to lead and guide you. It is not just about fire insurance- it is about life to the fullest. It is really very simple. ....For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have everlasting life. I think that sums it up.
2006-07-18 01:16:32 · answer #2 · answered by kskwwjd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply put the only way a person could be forgiven of sin is to offer a suitable sacrifice from an acceptable animal list. This "loss" or sacrifce made man aware of his sin and counted as forgiveness in old testament times.
Being aware and sorry for sin was simply not enough and a suitable sacrifice could not be found in the animal kingdom so God sent Jesus to teach us of this "delima". We need a suitable sacrifice to be forgiven of sin and there is non to be found. Then He reveals that He, totally pure and undefiled, has been sent from God to be such a sacrifice for sin.
Jesus was not murdered or executed, He laid down his life as a sacrifice for sin. and laying it down, He had the power to take it up again. He did. and He now stands in the presence of God like a lawyer arguing the case to set free anyone who pleads for forgiveness in his blood.
2006-07-18 01:23:58 · answer #3 · answered by fgump98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the days of the Old Testament, God made several attempt to put people on the correct path. God destroyed the world and groups of people because they were on the wrong path and allowing sin to separate them from God. Since God loves his people He decided that He would not destroy the world any longer and that He would send the Savior, His son Jesus. Jesus died on the cross to save us from sin. We are human and we continue to sin but we now have the ability to ask for and receive forgiveness. When Jesus died on the cross, He has already paid for the sin that we are going to commit. Satan likes to trick us in believing that whatever we have done will prevent us from being forgiven but Jesus died to remind us that all we have to do is to ask for forgiveness. Jesus died on the cross to forgive my sins and to forgive your sins. Be proud to know that there is always grace and forgiveness at the cross and that "God loved the world that He sent His only begotten son so that whoever believes will have everlasting life"
2006-07-18 01:30:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
distinctive religions say various issues. In some religions God and Jesus are separate human beings (Jesus is God's son), and Jesus as quickly as walked the earth as a mortal. He purely became immortal whilst he replace into ressurected and delivered to Heaven to be at God's component. Had He no longer been ressurected He could have been some random guy that died on the pass like a number of different ones that have been killed with him. Then there is the different religions that say God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are all one... won't be able to help ya there. Or ultimately, the third form that's there is completely one God and that's God.
2016-11-02 06:44:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Adam and Eve sinned, humanity lost the divine life within and Jesus died for our sins, restoring the divine connection to us humans. All those who previous died, will be resurrected and judged on the final judgement day when Jesus comes again.
2006-07-18 01:05:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When one sins there has to be a blood sacrifice to cover and cleanse the sin. Before this was done with the sacrifice of animals.. lambs, bulls, dove, etc.
Jesus came to this earth shed His blood .. became the sacrifice for us. His blood covers our sins. We pray and ask God to cover us in His blood and when the blood of Jesus is applied God don't see past the blood .. our sins are covered.
2006-07-18 01:09:40 · answer #7 · answered by lady_4jc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the first man and women sind, adam and eve all of thier decendents were born in sin there after and all of theose were born after were sinners and Born into sin.
so to save our sould from going to hell, GOd who was never born but just was. found a pure and holy couple so that he could dens his spirit to her and she will give birth to him....(JESUS) jesus was born to teac all of the sinners a new way to live so that they could be saved an see heaven. then when his time was up as a teacher, he was sacraficed as a symbol of love... to free us
God sacraficed his son for us, JEsus took on the weight of the world so that we could have a choice again... the choice to live right and praise god to make it to heaven
2006-07-18 01:06:36 · answer #8 · answered by gotchafool05 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE CHRIST WAS GOD MADE FLESH THIS MEANS
THAT HE WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF THESE SINS.
HE LITERALLY INVENTED THEM.
WHO BETTER TO DIE FOR THESE SINS THEN THE MAN
WHO CAME UP WITH THEM.
HIS DEATH ALLOWED OUR SINS TO BE FORGIVEN
BECAUSE THE SINS WERE INEVITABLY HIS FAULT.
SIN IS NOT WHAT MAKES PEOPLE GO TO HELL BUT ONLY
A DISBELEIF IN GOD.
2006-07-18 01:13:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means we can do what ever we want
rape little boys and girls like priests do it must be ok if they do it.
and they get away with it .
coz i think half the people in charge of our courts are doing it to
2006-07-18 01:27:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋