Christians: Do I have this correct?

Question

1) God created us and then tempted us, even though he knew we would do what he didn't want us to do (sin).
2) God punished us anyway
3) God then sent himself to be killed to save us from his own wrath.

Answer 1

Although I think Richard Dawkins puts it better:

God killed himself to save us from his own wrath, which is on us because a symbolic sin was commited by a made up character.

Answer 2

1) God tempts no man, never has and never will.
2) God forgives most and many sins; but his wrath comes against those who persist in sin and spurn His presence. Sin is its own punishment.
3) God entered the material world in human form to start an entirely new creation. The bodies we have now cannot stand in the presence of pure love and survive. Not to save us from His wrath > but to restore us to Himself.

So you have it correct in that God created and that He knows the end from the beginning. The rest needs work.

Answer 3

That's because a good # of Christians don't actually know what they're talking about when they relate what's going on. Let me help out:
1)God created us w/ free will (just like the angels)
2)An angel abused his free will and rebelled, and then convinced the first humans to do the same
3)The first humans abused their free will and rebelled along with Satan, knowing that they'd be punished 4 it
4)God punished them/us(by extension), just as he said he would
5)God sent his Son (the 2 aren't the same person) to save us from condemnation*
*The condemnation was merely death, not eternal torment in a fiery Hell.

See, the 1st misconception is that God uses 100% of his omniscience and therefore knows (or plans) every single event before it happens. This would mean that the Garden of Eden was essentially a set-up b/c He deliberately tempted Adam and Eve while knowing that they'd bite the bait.
That's not true.

Second, people are really married 2 the idea that God and Jesus are the same person. This would mean that God(Father) sent God(Son) to the Earth by means of God(Holy Spirit) to preach about God's(Father) coming Kingdom headed by God(Son). He(Son) confirmed his divinity by speaking from Heaven (Father did this) and after his execution(Son), God(Father) raised God(Son) from the dead by means of God(Holy Spirit). That's about as confusing as Mandarin Chinese on the first day of Kindergarten in Italy, Texas. If all of these entities were really God, was there ever really a sacrifice? Only 1/3 of God was dead, so the sacrifice would be incomplete. This is contradictory to God(Father's) countless demands for perfect sacrifices.
That's not true either.


Short answer, yes you have it correct, b/c that's what many Christians believe.
However, they themselves are incorrect on what the Bible teaches, possibly because they don't read it very often.

Good day...

Answer 4

No, you are way off base.
First of all God never tempts anyone. Satan entered the garden and did the tempting.
Next,Jesus died to save us from being seperated from God.
If you go to Hell you aren't tourtured by God's wrath, but by the lack of His presents. It is a place with no love, no light, and no peace to be found.
The punishment for sin is not alway from God, sometimes it is merely the consequences of that sin.

Answer 5

Almost. Here is a slightly better description. This is of course not an ideal description either, but closer I think.

1) God created us and wanted us to progress. So he created a plan for us to learn and gain knowledge. Something that we could not do in his presence.

2) We would be given free agency and so he knew we could sin. If we sinned and we would not be able to live with him.

3) God knew we would sin, but he knew that we could also repent and be forgiven for our sins. That was because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Answer 6

Not quite right, God will never tempt us. We are free to choose our actions. See Job and how the devil tried to tempt him and how Job did not respond to that.

God is gracious. He does not punish lightly. Jesus clarified who will be punished: those who seek God and find him yet turn away. These will be punished, for the Lord seeks those who will worship him. Worship means to give worth to.

Jesus was a man, son of Hebrews, who chose to worship God with his whole heart. He chose the things that God the Father loved and was loved by God. God took Jesus as he took Enoch and Nimrod.
Gen 5:24 Enoch walked with God and was not for God took him.

Answer 7

This religion is so outdated that even 2000 years ago inorder for anyone to swollow the "truths in the Bible" the idea of faith was brought forward. Faith gives the believers license to accept that what the Bible says is true even though it flys in the face of reality.

Answer 8

God did not tempt us. In James 1:13 it says that God tempts NO ONE. If you are going to argue using the Bible use the WHOLE thing. Genesis to Revelation. It is one book start to finish. Otherwise, you are shooting holes in your own argument.

So to answer your question, if you even care, NO you do not have it correct.

Answer 9

No, you do not quite have it right. God gave us free will. We can choose good or evil and we often choose evil. When we sin against God and mankind we deserve punishment. But God so loved the world that he wishes to save us from the consequences of our own intentional wrongdoing. That is why he sent his son as our savior.

Answer 10

Suzanne it seems your logic is flawed. When you tell someone not to look somewhere what do they do?

You can not just tell someone not to do something and expect them not to do it.

It normally works out that if you say nothing about it there is a better chance it wont happen.

If someone told me to not eat an apple I am sure I would. But if I was not told exactly what tree to go to and not eat it I am sure I would not have picked that tree...

Infact me reading what I just wrote I think god wanted adam to eat the apple.