Jesus forgave and sacrificed, why then cant many of his so called followers do the same?

Answer 1

Becasue man is not perfect like he was....we all have our faults.

Answer 2

Jesus forgave and sacrificed, that is true. The followers do the best that they can. Remember, we are only human and we're bound to mess up from time to time. Sometimes worse than others. Everyone, even followers of Christ cannot be perfect. We do not claim to be perfect, only our Savior was. If you held the same standard to everyone else as you do Christians, you would be one disappointed person. Your spouse, kids, and plumber, co-workers, employers, and everyone else you have ever been connected to in some way has fallen short in some way. Christians are no different. All we want to share the gift we have been given to as many people as possible.

Answer 3

I call it the Jerry Springer effect, aka the Maury Povich effect. Ever watch one of those shows, with inbred hayseeds, 6 baby-daddy candidates, sexually active 11 year olds, etc. etc.? You instantly feel better about yourself, even though you have done nothing but sit on the frickin' sofa for an hour!!! It's easy to put people down, and it feels so good when you do it , because you instantly get a rush from feeling morally superior! Try it, it rocks! Go downtown and yell at hookers and homeless people. They deserve it because they suck, and you don't, and you're so great!!! YEAAHHH!!!
Seriously, we are all sinners, and we all need God's help. Arrogance is worse than a lot of other more obvious sins.
PS learn more about the true message of Jesus at www.jesusthemuslim.com

Answer 4

If a person just became a Christian last week they have got a lot of growth to go through before they will act more like Jesus. Some take longer than others depending on how badly the world kicked them around first. Many take a long time.

Their witness is often that God still is patient with them and hasn't given up on them,

Answer 5

your question is not clear. Jesus forgave and sacrificed in many way for many thing about many things. christian do the same also. here is an example i forgave a family who hid a relative my children were around alone who was a sex offender, i sacrificed my wants to hurt them and stayed in a church for almost 2 years seeing them each time. because i loved what i was learning in the church.

Answer 6

This world eats nice people up alive. They mistake kindness for weakness. Jesus might have rose from the dead and all, but never forget, he was hung on that cross. The people wanted the criminal to be set free instead. And the way people are, it could have been cause the criminal was better looking. Wouldn't put anything past that crowd after what I went though in school.

Most Christains believe olny THEY and people like THEM will go to heaven. How egotistical. If you were raised in a country or culture that does not practice christainity, then you are going to hell and it is too bad for you. Unless of course you can convert and become like THEM, then you are ok and God loves you.

It takes a really hard heart to be comfortable with the idea that only you, and people who think just like you do, will escape eternal torture.

We need to pity these people because of their obvious need to feel special and elite. We must remember that these are very sick people using religion to feel better.

They are just a bunch of weak egos puffed up with pride and bloated heads at best. At worst they are evil.

I really wouldn't expect too much of them.

Answer 7

well let me say sorry for those that r followers of Jesus who didnt forgive u I do forgive u and i dont know u.We as followers are to act and be like Him but we r not perfect we make mistakes to. He was without sin but he forgives us and u im no different than u but im saved by the grace of God and r understanding alot of things differently. See when u come to Know Jesus u see things in a new light. I still do things wrong but i learn from that and ask God to forgive me and do it differently. May u find Jesus and He will take u and keep u in his arms and He will take u to places u have never been.

Answer 8

You haven't provided any context to your question so it's impossible to give an accurate answer. Who did Jesus forgive? He forgave people that came to Him in humble submission to his will, that's who. He didn't forgive hard hearted, self righteous people that's for sure.

He sacrificed, but not all of the time. We read about many times when people wanted Him to do something but He went off by himself and prayed or went someplace else instead.

As to his "so called" followers, not everyone who says to Him "Lord, Lord" will enter the Kingdom of Heaven but those who do the will of his Father. However He also said "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Matthew 7:1-5

Is your eye clear? Have you submitted your life to the will of Christ?

Answer 9

Many do. Are you judging millions of people because you found some that weren't perfect? No one is perfect.

Following Jesus doesn't make you without fault. Look at the disciples, they were the closest to him of all humans., They lived with him daily, The ate with him and traveled with him.

And they still screwed up from time to time.
Thats precisely why he was here, so he could forgive us for those times when we fell short of the lofty goal of perfection.

Answer 10

First all define sacrificed, I am not gonna die on the cross for your sins, cause that has been done for you already. and as far as forgiveness. I have forgiven everybody that has done stuff to me, this is why i don't walk around with hatred or anything else that holds me back from living a joyful life.

Answer 11

sacrifice can be done in many ways. If you don't forgive God will not for give you. It can be giving up something you love, to caring for a loved one. Also the Soldiers, ,they have sacrificed a lot. given up hearth and home to keep our lives going on as usual. Soldiers have done that for us since our country began.