Eze 18:20 The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
2Ch 25:4 Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.
2007-02-08 08:26:45 · 25 answers · asked by Kimo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
dze : believe it or not, Jesus payed the price for our sins according to christians !!
2007-02-08 08:33:22 · update #1
Ok here's where the bible contradicts itself... which one is correct? Your quotes or these?
(Deuteronomy 5:9) - "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,"
(Exodus 34:6-7) - "Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."
2007-02-08 08:40:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kallan 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because God's love realized that all would go to hell from Adam to the very last person to ever live if He did not send His Son to cure man of His sin problem. The scriptures you refer to are talking to natural human beings (Jesus was fully God as well as fully man). Jesus had the only anti-sin cure for the whole world - would a loving, righteous God withhold the cure while every living person died in the consequences of poisonous sin? No.
2007-02-08 16:39:02 · answer #2 · answered by wd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure uwhat you mean by "carried our sins..."
And quoting the Old Testament to explain Christian belief is rather like using a lawn mower manual to try and fix your Hummer. They are related but don't intersect.
In His death and resurrection, Jesus atoned for the sin of humanity - and in doing so, restored the balance between God and His creation - a balance that required divine and human participation. Each person remains responsible for his or her own sin - but through the action of Christ, individual salvation becomes possible.
Theologically complicated but worth spending time with
2007-02-08 16:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle John 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old Testament Jews used to sacrifice animals for the remission of sins. Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of a Virgin, lived a sinless life, died a sacrificial death on a Roman cross for all the sin of mankind, was buried, and rose again three days later. 40 days after that He ascended into Heaven. He was the perfect sacrifice, once and for all. He is the Messiah, the Christ.
2007-02-08 16:35:59 · answer #4 · answered by Paulie D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are mixing apples and oranges here. These verses are referring to the Mosaic law. This law decreed that a father would not be held responsible for the crimes of a child, nor a child for a parent.
In the case of Christ dying for His Church, He chose to lay down His life for His people. He was under no legal obligation to do so and could have stopped it at anytime. God the Father did not hold Christ responsible for the sins of His church, yet Christ willingly took the punishment for those sins so that His people could enjoy Heaven forever.
2007-02-08 16:39:59 · answer #5 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes; Jesus paid it all, in Isaiah 53:1-12 in the 12 verse it says He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.
2007-02-08 16:41:20 · answer #6 · answered by Connie M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the New Testament, particularly the Gospels, Jesus own words tell us that whoever believes in Him, shall have eternal life. Jesus is the messiah foretold by the prophets Isaiah, Daniel, and Jeremiah.
2007-02-08 16:32:04 · answer #7 · answered by Jack Chedeville 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tak e it you don't read your Word, and therfore if you are not a child of God why should we explain His Word to you. Now if you are a babe in Christ taht's understandable, but if you're another atheist, trying to make the Word fo God seems as it's a hoax, or some game then do us all a favor and find something else to do. We're up here to sahre our testimoines to comofrt those who are lost and nned die=rection to Christ, it's time out for playing games with people who don't have a desire to want to know God, who don't even want to acknowledge tha He is the very reason why we live and breathe today. I'm tired of entertaining Satan up here. To many people dying and going to hell and they wish they knew God. You guys get an opportunity to accept Him and you play as if this is some game. Ooohhhhh but when He returns every knee will bow and every tongue must say that HE IS THE LORD
2007-02-08 16:35:33 · answer #8 · answered by Nish 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isaiah 53:5 He was wounded for our trangressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and by His tripes we are healed.
1Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
2007-02-08 16:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends...Are you testing christians or just honestly want to know?
Well, christians say that Jesus died for our sins. The reason why it had to be him was because he was without sin. Before Jesus came people used to have to kill innocent animals for the blood because 'All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God'. It had to be pure innocent blood so God made a sacrafice to end all that and sent Jesus (His son) to die for our sins.
2007-02-08 16:35:37 · answer #10 · answered by flowers_n_diamonds 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋