According to Christianity, Jesus had an independent free will.
Mat 26:39 Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."
2007-03-02 08:53:21 · 24 answers · asked by Kimo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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If all of us would end up in hell, this would make the righteous equal to the wicked.
Gen 18:25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"
2007-03-02 09:02:34 · update #1
If Jesus had refused, then we would be left without a way to atone our sins before God. He died and covered the sins of all man; past present and future. He took those sins to Sh'ol(hell) and rose from the dead the third day, "because having no sin of His own, death could not keep Him". Without the sacrifice Jesus made, humanity would be damned- our sin, which is lawlessness and God is the Law, seperates us from God. Light cannot coexist with darkness, God cannot coexist with flesh, because flesh is carnal, and our flesh is born into sin.It is our human nature to sin. When Eve took of the fruit of knowledge, she seperated herself from God. Adam too. Before that, God walked in the Garden with them. Through being born in the flesh, but having the spirit of God, Jesus knowing all things, could sympathise with how strong this nature we have,is. Satan tempted Jesus; he told Jesus to bow down to him and he would give him rein of this world. Jesus acknowledges satan is currently ruling this world. So, being of flesh, but having known God, and meeting Satan- He chose to become the living sacrifice, so that we could live in light, not the darkness that the sin has brought to this world. Had He not done this, then the word of God would not have been fufilled, (everything He did, was written in Torah-old testament) and God would not be who He says He is, and satan would not have anything holding him back, from destroying us, like he wants to. The hand holding him back, is the hand of our Savior. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit was made possible by the blood of the Lamb. Only He is worthy to open the scrolls of Revelations, at the time of God's choosing. God is holding back His wrath, in love; in patience; giving each of us the chance, to come to Him, through Jesus. The Bible is clear, that Jesus is the only way to the Father. It's certainly not popular today; but it IS the word of God; and He makes the rules-not us. The word clearly warns us of the things that would come, after Jesus ascended back to the Father- of all the alternative ways people led by demons, would try to convince you of. Be carefull that you are not decieved, for many will bear false witness- but the truth is solely in Christ Jesus. He is the Way. He is the Truth. He is the Light.
2007-03-02 09:30:00 · answer #1 · answered by Erin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, being a man, Jesus would've died anyway.
Regardless of whatever 'reason' people may give for why any particular person has died, everyone dies anyway.
For example, I've heard that when one spouse in a marriage of 75 years or more passes away, the other will soon follow. Now, given that the people involved are usually over 85 years old, what options would the remaining spouse have anyway?
In my opinion, not only does Jesus have an independent will, the rest of us do, too. But none of us can choose to not die, so anybody can say whatever they want about somebody's 'reason' for dying.
Go figure!
2007-03-02 09:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jewish prepare used to contain a "sin sacrifice." The animal replaced into meant to signify the sins of the community, and the community replaced into purged of that sin with the death of expulsion of the animal. Jesus's death replaced into the appropriate sin sacrifice: a death meant to absorb and answer for all sins. the undeniable fact that the Romans are those how did the genuinely killing is beside the point right here.
2016-09-30 03:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by fogleman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God would have destroyed the earth - because there is not one righteous
2007-03-02 10:53:36 · answer #4 · answered by see me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I watched The Passion of the Christ and it didn't look to me that the Romans gave him any choice in the matter.
2007-03-02 09:02:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there would be a lot more people alive today... since so many ensuing wars occured over religion...
Dark ages might not have lasted so long as there would have been no church to hold everyone down...
... so basically we might have had a better chance of a utopian soicety now or we'd all be dead from a nuclear war that happened in 1700.
2007-03-02 08:58:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
its only a fable dude, chill.
Its a story to be taken metaphoricly, jesus..lol, never existed, all of the acts he did were done thousands of years before by pagan gods.
2007-03-02 09:01:08 · answer #7 · answered by DrewM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if, what if.... no point in asking what if, cos it didnt happen, did it. The fact is that Jesus DID die for our sins and i am grateful for that. Asking "what if" wont make a diff in our little lives so no point in waisting 5 points on it, lol ; )
2007-03-02 09:03:22 · answer #8 · answered by Eryn v 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hey there, there's a church that needs a preacher, Will get u the address n will let you know....
Madonna has the answer 'PAPA DONT PREACH'
2007-03-02 13:05:35 · answer #9 · answered by harry d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate questions that say "what if" on something that has happened already! what if Mohamed became a christian because Islam just wasn't any fun any longer ?
get my drift????????
2007-03-02 09:00:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋