Why did Jesus become a partaker of flesh and blood? "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil." Hebrews 2:14. (Note: The incarnation was for the purpose of death. Christ's death was not a mere incident of His human life; it was the supreme purpose of it. He became man that He might die as a man for man.)
2. How important was Christ's death? "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." Matthew 20:28. (Note: The death of Jesus is mentioned directly in the New Testament a great many times. The Old Testament contains many prophetic references to it. This was the route He must take to destroy Satan.)
2007-03-28 00:39:42
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answered by Anonymous
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The Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians. They are famous for not believing in the Trinity.
The Trinity has pagan origins. It never appears in the Bible.
If the Father and the Son have a name (Jehovah, Jesus Christ), why doesn't the Holy spirit also?
"But he, being full of holy spirit, gazed into heaven and caught sight of God’s glory and of Jesus standing at God’s right hand, and he said: “Look! I behold the heavens opened up and the Son of man standing at God’s right hand." - Acts 7:55, 56 => Where's the Holy Spirit?
The Holy spirit is God's active force, his power.
The texts from the Bible refer to the Holy Spirit as something, not as someone.
How could God be Jesus? Can you and your son be the same person? No, it's impossible.
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." - Colossians 1:15. => Jesus was created. He has a begining but God doesn't.
"And he went on to say: “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; remove this cup from me. Yet not what I want, but what you want."" -- Mark 14:36 => Why would Jesus pray to himself?
“Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matthew 24:36). If God and Jesus are the same shouldn't Jesus know the day?
2007-03-28 01:36:09
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answered by Alex 5
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It is just idolatry in Christ's name. He said many would come in his name and lead many astray. Look at how their beliefs are being manipulated to control how they think, act, and vote. You can tell a person the bread is poisoned, but you can't make them stop eating it. I don't disagree per se with the scriptures, but with the traditional heresies that are death in a blanket like America did to the Natives (give them blankets with smallpox).
They say the devil is the ruler of this world, right? Which religion is the most powerful in "the world"? Christianity right? Let's put 1 and 1 together here. Again, the Scriptures are not the problem. It's the traditional and formalized religion that is Satan's working, whether Islam or Christianity.
2007-03-31 14:15:09
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answered by lil_snipe 3
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Good question, the whole idea of Jesus as man and God is the most mysterious beliefs of all Christian beliefs.
Could it be that God loved His creation so much that He would want to come down and live a human life all the way from conception, nine months in the womb, child birth, growing up from a baby, living as a man, and dieing a sad painful death.
Jesus taught a selfless love that was totally foreign to selfish man. That is why almost everything he said is the reverse of what most people thought. It was not the teaching or wisdom of man. Therefore it is not hard to see why most people will not understand. Most people are more likely to reject the teaching of Jesus and continue to believe in the power of HATE.
But Jesus did not come just to live with us and try to teach us the wisdom of God, He also came to pay the penalty for our sin so we could be forgiven and saved from that fate for which we all deserve. Only the death of God himself could pay the penalty for all mankind but because he is God death it self could not hold Him. Praise God.
If this does not make sense to you don’t feel bad, as I said the teachings of Jesus are not the wisdom of man. But if you pray to God for understanding surely He will give it to you.
2007-03-31 08:29:53
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answered by Anonymous
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Because there is no sin in God, then there is no sin in His true idea, Christ. This truth (Christ) is God's Son, and is governed by God and has always existed, before Jesus and after, like right now. Christ will always have power of God, because Christ and God are inseparable, are one. Christ can't die, because there is no death in God and Christ is an emanation of God. False beliefs and mortal illusions are not emanations of God. They die because they have no god. The true man does not die because he is God's image, but flesh is not that image.
2007-03-28 01:40:02
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answered by ? 6
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There isn't anything wrong with our belief in Christ it's called faith and it's just something too complex for us to understand. There are plenty of things all of humanity in general hasn't figured out yet...like the cure for cancer. Christ isn't God's son, Jesus is...just for the record. It's true that the Trinity is 3 different beings...but at the same time they are the same. God never died. Only Jesus did. Just because you can't comprehend it doesn't mean it's a fault in our beliefs.
2007-03-28 00:49:09
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answered by Anonymous
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Actually Christ had to experience death fully as the ultimate sacrifice, knowing that He would die for your and my sins, He had to die so that we might live. Now remember that Christ, God, is not limited to time and space as we are, so who are we to limit whether He spent any of that time in death, that is a mystery only until after our own death will it be revealed to us. God bless you always, thanks for the opportunity to spread the Gospel of faith.
2007-03-28 01:32:44
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answered by Perhaps I love you more 4
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In a nutshell....
When Adam and Eve fell from grace they became apart from God without any way back, without hope.
It is written:
1. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
2. The wages of sin is death.
3. Without the shedding of blood there can be no remission of sin.
God loved us so much that He sent His son, born from the virgin Mary, into the world - fully as a human being. By doing this He could:
1. Teach us by His Word and by example - thus showing us the way.
2. Pay the price that we could not. Being without sin, He took on all of our sins and shed His blood as our propitiation.
After three days in the tomb He resurrected, defeating death, thus giving assurance of salvation to anyone who would believe on His name. Amen.
2007-03-28 01:16:23
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answered by NickofTyme 6
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look at this description of the trinity.
Father--God in heaven
son---God on earth
holy spirit--God within man
Jesus was fully human,he had taken on human form .
GA.4:4 but when fullness of time had come.God sent forth his son,made of a woman,made under the law.
PH.2:8 and being found in fashion as a man,he humbled himself,and became obedient unto death.,even the death of the cross.
for mans sins GOD demanded blood sacrifice,Jesus was that perfect and acceptable sacrifice.the unspotted lamb of God.
he surrendered his life to atone for our sins and to begin the new covenant.__this is why he experianced death.
JN.3:16 for God so loved the world he gave his own begotten son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life.
through his sacrifice of his life he overcame the sin that separates man from God. through his ressurection he overcame death and gives us the oppurtunity do experiance everlasting lifethrough belief in Jesus the christ.
peace><>
2007-03-28 01:09:14
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answered by matowakan58 5
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Jesus became the 'Kinsman Redeemer' . One of the places in the Old Testament to recognize the concept is the Book of Ruth, Boaz being the kinsman redeemer in that story.
You probably don't understand because you do not have the teaching required to show you that God had it all planned from before. I know it can be mindboggling but it's not that difficult to see what God was doing once you understand what you read upon applicable verses. Actually, it's difficult to believe anything else once you are shown where to look.
Here is something to help you understand, if you are willing to read it, that is.
http://www.allaboutgod.com/jesus-christ-4.htm
2007-03-28 00:55:45
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answered by Christian Sinner 7
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