What does this mean: Jesus died for my sins?

Question

I often hear people around here saying that "Jesus died for my sins". How did he die for your sins if there's about just under 2000 years between Jesus' existence on Earth and your own?

This isn't attacking anyone. I just want the Christian point of view since I don't read the Bible/go to chruch or anything religious and I wanted to know what this means really because I don't understand. Thanks.

Answer 1

They believe they can sin more freely with a scapegoat around

Answer 2

It means that God sent Jesus to earth as a physical person to die an agonizing, painful death. After he died, he arose from the dead 3 days later and ascended into heaven. He did this so every person afterwards could choose to go to heaven by simply accepting the fact that Jesus was the son of God and died as a sacrifice for our sins. Of course, this is an act of faith. By not choosing to accept the fact that Jesus lived on earth as the son of God and died for all our sins, you by default choose to exist in hell after you die. This means eternal separation from God. If you think earth can be a tough place to live, you have no idea how bad hell will be. Forever is a mighty long time. God knows that man is not perfect, this is why he gave his only son as a sacrifice, so that Jesus will accept the burden of our sins and we can live as a perfect person in heaven with our maker the Lord. I highly recommend you read the bible, you can find the entire bible on-line at www.biblegateway.com in many different versions. Start with the gospels, the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Definitely read John 3:16.

Answer 3

Christ's sacrifice was meant to be the "ultimate" sacrifice since man's sins were getting worse and worse with each passing generation. The animal sacrifice was proving to be inadequate to cover sin because the animals being sacrificed had no soul of their own, had no ability to reason for themselves and lay their lives down for their masters and their families. Also, the animals were being used for pagan rites as well, therefore defiling the purpose God set aside in the OT. Since Christ was the only man evere born that qualified to be a sacrifice based on OT law, He willingly laid Himself at the feet of His enemies and allowed Himself to be sacrificed so that ALL mankind would have the same right to pardon from sin WITHOUT having to raise and slaughter an animal for each rite of atonement that the children of Israel went through in the OT. The Gospels proclaim that when He "cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost", that "the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom", therefore rendering it needless to sacrifice animals anymore because Christ had completed his work.

Answer 4

The covenant that the Bible talks about between God and his people is especially evident in the marriage covenant where the two shall become one flesh. Our souls are eternal and Jesus marries his Church in which we become a part of it through baptism, so in effect his sinless flesh and our sin full flesh become one. The situation also calls for justice and mercy. The justice is complete when we die due to our sin--well, Jesus being one with his bride had to die too, but the mercy--Jesus rose from the dead being perfect so we rise too being one in flesh with him. It is wonderful because we basically are wicked and hardly can control the sin within us but, Jesus is so strong that he actually puts the sin to death on the cross because we are united then after sin is dead we are free to go to Heaven.

Answer 5

When God created the earth and everything in it, He set up some laws for us to live by. One of these was that since He didn't wish to see humans have to pay the penalty of separation from Him for their sins, an innocent life had to be sacrificed to pay the penalty. Thus, when Adam & Eve ate from the tree of the "knowledge of good and evil", God slew an animal and used it's skin to cover their nakedness. This is the first example of a sacrifice being made to cover sins. Then He gave the law to Moses, which said a unblemished lamb must be sacrificed to cover the sins of the people of Israel. Then Jesus came as God in the flesh, and he died on the cross, and became our sacrifice to cover our sins if we accept what He did on our behalf. Jesus did die for your sins, but you must accept that fact and believe on Him for it to be applied to your account.

Answer 6

I am an thiests who went to a christian school for 13 years...soooo, here goes...

Jesus Christ (and God) knows all of our sins, and all of our actions before we do them. Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross so that his blood, as a sacrifice, would cover the sins of everyone in the world, past, present, and future. Before the death of Christ, people would give a blood sarifice with animals that were considered clean, such as lambs. That is why Jesus is methaphorically referred to as Lamb sometimes.

Hope this helps...

Answer 7

Jesus is both true God and true man.

He died so sins could be forgiven and so man could once again be reconciled with God through grace, the unmerited power and favor of God, himself.

Because Jesus is man, the grace he obtained accrues to the benefit of all mankind.

Because Jesus is God, the grace he obtained is infinitely and eternally effective, transcending both time and space.

We typically receive the benefits of God's grace through faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ, and through baptism into his church.

Answer 8

It means some poor SOB was murdered on the cross at the request of his father only to be worshipped as a god because he didnt fight back, while his followers started bloody wars and have done hate crimes.

Answer 9

It doesn't mean anything .. it's a lie told by the church and writers of bible (not jesus)

Answer 10

i died because the romans were jerks and killed me. i didnt die for you, dont flatter yourself.