I like the idea of a God who loves people, all people, even to the degree of giving His Life for them. Those other gods, well they don't seem to love me, or do anything permanently good for me.
God decided to come to man in order to show us how to live our lives right before Him. What we can know is that Jesus is the Son of God, the Firstborn of all Creation, and by Him and for Him everything was made. We can only know this when we come to God and get to know Him by giving our lives to Him.
Jesus, as a real man, God in the flesh, could live just like a man, be tempted just like a man, but being God too, He could not sin. As a man, He could die, but as God, He could not die, so He rose again from the grave to live forever and to reap the rewards that a perfectly righteous man would get. Being God, He gets everything else too, including the ability to Justly Judge, and to pass Judgement on all. (see Hebrews 2:9 and 10)
Everyone was given a free pardon at this point, all they had to do was take it. Those who accept the pardon have to follow the correct, legal process. Since God gave His Son's life for us, He gently, and lovingly, requires that all give their lives to Him. Since Jesus is God, it is our only Way to God -- those who come to God must do so through His Son -- because this is God's Way of Salvation for us all.
Since all sin against God, all those who do not accept God's pardon, all those who do not truly want God, will get not only what they want (in other words, "not God") but also get the Judgement. They will be removed from Hell and placed into the Lake of Fire forever, along with Satan and his angels. This place was originally designed for Satan and his angels, but those who follow him will go there as well.
Christ is God, and Jesus is the Christ of God. (see Mt 1:21-23, Lu 1:31-33, the first chapter of John, Joh 20:31, and so on.)
Lu 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
1Jo 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Col 2:9 For in him [Jesus Christ] dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Here are a few verses which refer to Jesus as God:
2Pe 1:11, 2Pe 2:20, 2Pe 3:2, 2Pe 3:18, Lu 24:3, Ac 1:21, Ac 4:33, Ac 7:59, Ac 8:16, Ac 9:29, Ac 11:17, Ac 11:20, Ac 15:11, Ac 15:26, Ac 16:31, Ac 19:5, Ac 19:10, Ac 19:13, Ac 19:17, Ac 20:21, Ac 20:24, Ac 20:35, Ac 21:13, Ac 28:31, Ro 1:7, Ro 5:1, Ro 5:11, Ro 10:9, Ro 13:14, Ro 14:14, Ro 15:6, Ro 15:30, Ro 16:18, Ro 16:20, Ro 16:24, 1Co 1:3, 1Co 1:7, 1Co 1:8, 1Co 1:10, 1Co 5:4, 1Co 5:5, 1Co 6:11, 1Co 8:6, 1Co 11:23, 1Co 15:57, 1Co 16:22, 1Co 16:23, 2Co 1:2, 2Co 1:3, 2Co 1:14, 2Co 4:10, 2Co 4:14, 2Co 8:9, 2Co 11:31, 2Co 13:14, Ga 1:3, Ga 6:14, Ga 6:17, Ga 6:18, Eph 1:2, Eph 1:3, Eph 1:15, Eph 1:17, Eph 3:14 , Eph 5:20, Eph 6:23, Eph 6:24, Php 1:2, Php 2:19, Php 3:20, Php 4:23, Col 1:2, Col 1:3, Col 3:17, 1Th 1:1, 1Th 1:3, 1Th 2:15, 1Th 2:19, 1Th 3:11, 1Th 3:13, 1Th 4:1, 1Th 4:2, 1Th 5:9, 1Th 5:23, 1Th 5:28, 2Th 1:1, 2Th 1:2, 2Th 1:7, 2Th 1:8, 2Th 1:12, 2Th 2:1, 2Th 2:14, 2Th 2:16, 2Th 3:6, 2Th 3:12, 2Th 3:18, 1Ti 1:1, 1Ti 5:21, 1Ti 6:3, 1Ti 6:14, 2Ti 4:1, 2Ti 4:22, Tit 1:4, Phm 1:3, Phm 1:5, Phm 1:25, Heb 13:20, Jas 1:1
2007-02-17 20:29:20
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answered by Shawn D 3
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