Did you know that the solution to the sin problem has been accomplished by the death of Jesus on the cross?

Question

Jesus said:

" I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life; no man can come to the Father except through me". -- Jesus Christ

" Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved". (Acts 4:12)

It is Christ's death on the cross that purchased our forgiveness of sin:
"If you believe not that I am he (the Messiah), you shall die in your sins if you believe not that I am he". - Jesus

"Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti-Christ, that denies the Father and the Son. He that denies the Son, the same has not the Father." (I John 2:22)

" God is patient and longsuffering, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance". - From the bible

Answer 1

thanks I know he is yeshu'ah from God

Answer 2

THE cross is loved and respected by millions of people. The Encyclopædia Britannica calls the cross “the principal symbol of the Christian religion.” Nevertheless, true Christians do not use the cross in worship. Why not?

An important reason is that Jesus Christ did not die on a cross. The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau·ros′. It basically means “an upright pale or stake.” The Companion Bible points out: “[Stau·ros′] never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle . . . There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] even to imply two pieces of timber.”

In several texts, Bible writers use another word for the instrument of Jesus’ death. It is the Greek word xy′lon. (Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24) This word simply means “timber” or “a stick, club, or tree.”

Explaining why a simple stake was often used for executions, the book Das Kreuz und die Kreuzigung (The Cross and the Crucifixion), by Hermann Fulda, states: “Trees were not everywhere available at the places chosen for public execution. So a simple beam was sunk into the ground. On this the outlaws, with hands raised upward and often also with their feet, were bound or nailed.”

The most convincing proof of all, however, comes from God’s Word. The apostle Paul says: “Christ by purchase released us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: ‘Accursed is every man hanged upon a stake [“a tree,” King James Version].’” (Galatians 3:13) Here Paul quotes Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, which clearly refers to a stake, not a cross. Since such a means of execution made the person “a curse,” it would not be proper for Christians to decorate their homes with images of Christ impaled.

There is no evidence that for the first 300 years after Christ’s death, those claiming to be Christians used the cross in worship. In the fourth century, however, pagan Emperor Constantine became a convert to apostate Christianity and promoted the cross as its symbol. Whatever Constantine’s motives, the cross had nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The cross is, in fact, pagan in origin. The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: “The cross is found in both pre-Christian and non-Christian cultures.” Various other authorities have linked the cross with nature worship and pagan sex rites.

Why, then, was this pagan symbol promoted? Apparently, to make it easier for pagans to accept “Christianity.” Nevertheless, devotion to any pagan symbol is clearly condemned by the Bible. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) The Scriptures also forbid all forms of idolatry. (Exodus 20:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 10:14) With very good reason, therefore, true Christians do not use the cross in worship.

Answer 3

I don't believe you. Questions about Jesus, or Questions designed to convert or recruit people to Jesus (or even away from Jesus for that matter)are simply a waste of time. Ditto for being "saved" or trying to clarify minute points of scripture when there are so many different interpretations and editions of text. People have already decided for the most part if they believe in the fiction written in the bible. People who feel God talks to them have psychological problems because hearing voices is a psychological illness. All the major world religions have issues like this.

Answer 4

The sin problem for me is that is sends me where sinners go. {hint it's not nice there} I'm counting on the Bible record and pinning my hopes on what the Messiah did and is doing for those who follow the Way.

Answer 5

How does that accomplish anything? Really? How does it do anything? I'm supposed to beoieve it cause it's in your holy book?

How has it fixed any problem on earth?

Get serious and start thinking about how to solve problems in the real world

Answer 6

I'm still trying to figure out this one... how come god finds it necessary to torture and kill his offspring before he can forgive people who offend him? That just doesn't compute for me.

I can forgive people who offend me, and I can do it without killing anybody. If I can manage it, surely an omnipotent deity should be able to manage it too.

Answer 7

Oh look. Another person who believes that by quoting scripture, it makes it so. Just a friendly reminder, not everyone believes what you do, so quoting something you believe in does nothing to make people believe you.

Answer 8

No man can take the responsibility of my misdeeds. If indeed your Yshua tried, I share in Pontius Pilate in saying, "I wash my hands of this man's blood."

Answer 9

The "sin problem" has NOT been solved.

People are still robbed, raped, and murdered every day.

You don't solve the "sin problem" by forgiving and ignoring the criminals. You solve it by stopping and punishing them.

Answer 10

That still doesn't help with the here and now. Sin is still a problem as the Devil roams to and fro on this planet

Answer 11

Everybody listen!

That whooshing sound you hear is thousands of people running from their computers to the closest church in response to Gary's insightful message.

Gee, thanks Gary. More treasure in Heaven for you! Goody, Goody.

Also: Please pick me as best answer.. please...please!