2006-12-26 13:59:54 · 20 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
good question.
he sacrificed himself (as jesus) to himself (as god) to forgive our sins....which he allowed us to bring into the world.
so to me its like a son finding his dads gun, blowing himself away....then the dad clones the son and sacrifices him...all to fix the error of him bringing the gun into the house.
has god not made sin or had the father nt brought the gun into the house we wouldnt be in this situation.
2006-12-26 14:01:22 · answer #1 · answered by johnny_zondo 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Is that ever a good question, and one that I understand on one level, but not on another. I understand why, according to the old testament, a sacrifice had to be made as part of a religious tradition, but what I don't understand is why, according to life, it had to be made. I don't understand why God couldn't just say, "OK folks, I forgive you all because I love you - no further price needed"...so I guess that in reality, I can't say that Jesus' death atones for anything. I have always considered myself a Christian, but this is one thing that I just don't get. No one has been able to make the answer clear to me. I feel like a child whose mother says, "Because that is the way it is - I said so." So many of the practices that took place back in Biblical days were done for reasons that made sense then, but Christians have long since abandon them, such as not eating certain foods, refraining from sex for a certain period of time after a woman's cycle, etc. So I think your question would be especially interesting putting it in today's world - would Jesus still need to die on the cross today to atone for sins?
To really answer your question, I would have to say, I don't believe it necessarily does.
2006-12-26 22:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The wages of sin is death. Jesus paid our debt so that we upon acceptance of this gift could go to heaven for eternity with Him.
Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, John 3:14-20
2006-12-26 22:04:52 · answer #3 · answered by I-o-d-tiger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't. It is a fable that has changed over, & over in time. Jeus never expected to wind up on that cross in the first place, (& he wasn't alone!) or (as the bible says he did), he wouldn't have cried out asking why God had forsaken him. The history of Christianity is intriguing, complicated, full of contradictions, & brutal. More people should "get into" it; the openminded would find it insightful. I heard James Carville say this, he's Catholic,so I feel I can safely repeat it. He said he is a "cafeteria Catholic." I feel that's what I so often see here. Cafeteria Christians. (Not all!) Just pluck what threads agree with you, & never mind the rest.
2006-12-26 22:33:30 · answer #4 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created Adam without sin. He blessed him and cared for him, only to be rejected and betrayed, when Adam sinned.
God sent his son as a sinless man. He blessed him and cared for him.
Yet even though his people rejected him and had him killed, Jesus never sinned, and he always did the will of his father in heaven.
So ... Jesus, the 2nd Adam, succeeded where the 1st Adam failed.
Jesus, true God and true man, triumphed over Satan, sin, and death.
His father was pleased.
Since Jesus is truly man, the grace he obtained by his life, death, and resurrection accrues to the benefit of all mankind.
Since Jesus is truly God, the power and effectiveness of the grace he obtained is infinite and eternal.
There you go!
2006-12-27 01:34:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The old contract that God had with people required sacrifice and blood (peruse the Old Testament).
To establish a new contract Jesus serves as the sacrificial lamb for the old contract (paying the debts for your sins and releasing you from the control of the anti-God/anti-Christ) so that through your confession of sins and acceptance of Christ you can be forgiven for your sins and pursue a decent life along with the bonus of hope of something extra (aka: heaven).
2006-12-26 22:10:25 · answer #6 · answered by CincinnatiDon 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Indeed.
How could being nailed to a cross atone anyone for anything?
Doesn't make any sense at all. But then, nothing in religion makes sense, that's why it's called religion.
2006-12-26 22:02:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because of our sins, we deserve death (separation) from God.
Either we pay the penalty for ourselves, or Someone pays the penalty for us.
The Substitute for us must be Someone Who was sinless (so did not have to die for His own sins).
Jesus, the sinless One of Adam's fallen race, bore our sins in His body on the tree/cross.
He was delivered for our offences.
He was raised for our justification.
That is HOW Jesus' death atones for sin.
2006-12-26 22:06:59 · answer #8 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know but tell me when you find out, maybe I'll be able to make some sense of why my parents expect me to be a christian when there is no sense in blindly following a superior entity that as far as I can tell does not exist
2006-12-26 22:07:20 · answer #9 · answered by jhn_woodson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus death earned him the right to rule over the kingdom for the first 1000 years. read revelation. It was also a point that God wanted to make as a symbol of his love for us. also, he got his son right back, which further proved it was a sacrificial task for our new King!
2006-12-26 22:02:58 · answer #10 · answered by ConstElation 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cuz he gave his life and went 2 hell for 3 days 2 pay 4 our sins even though he didnt sin at all now if u ask him into ur life and u truely believe he died on the cross 4 us u can go 2 heaven
2006-12-26 22:07:54 · answer #11 · answered by julie s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋