I just read a question where a man seems to have accpeted that man took down Jesus. I have never read something more ridiculous and incorrect. He gave His life, and rose again He conqoured death and lived...
What do you think?
2007-04-05 17:06:49 · 17 answers · asked by Chris 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He later went on to say that we could also take down God and the Holy Spirit. When we did not take down Jesus, He meant to die, He could have easily just killed us all...
2007-04-05 17:15:57 · update #1
Jesus said, "The reason My Father loves Me is that I lay down my life---only to take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I receive from My Father. (John 10: 17,18)
2007-04-05 17:31:29 · answer #1 · answered by Spoken4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well let's look at the Jesus story and see if this makes any sense.
God sent Jesus here (His Son) to die for the sins of humanity. This is the same God that knew before putting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden that they would eat of the Tree of Knowledge and subsequently becomes these so called sinners.
This is also the same God that established the rule of the wages of sin is death. This God is also all powerful and can do anything he wants.
So isn't the real question why did he insist on a HUMAN SACRIFICE to appease his blood lust? After all it is written in revelation 13:8 the lamb slain before the foundation of the world. Which means everything that occured from creation till the death of Jesus was all part of God's grand plan.
So what exactly did Jesus save us from? The wrath of a God that made it his plan to have his SON die for NOTHING when he had the power to do anything he wanted! Besides this God knows everything which means he had to know who would and would not follow him / love him without this senseless act of murder!
2007-04-05 17:19:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Him accepting his fate (or purpose) and the actual act of it are two separate things. According to Christian faith, Jesus was created to atone for all of man's sin. However, he WAS crucified by man - MEN arrested him, MEN nailed him to a cross, MEN left him to die a painful death. Just like people commit homocide in modern day society, so they did 2000 years ago. Him being holy doesn't make it any different.
2007-04-05 17:16:23 · answer #3 · answered by luogo_capriccio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man did crucify Jesus because they thought what he was saying was blasphemy, not knowing that Jesus was telling the truth. Jesus gave his LIFE to die for our SINS, so we can have salvation. That's how much He love us!! In John 3:16, it states: "For God so love the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Jesus didn't have to die for us but he did! It was God's will and purpose to save the world through him. It's unbelievable how many people undervalue, dishonor, and criticize Jesus' ultimate sacrifice for us! There just as bad as the people who'd crucify him! Jesus died to create a connection between Man and God because our sin had distance ourself from God and his salvation. The bible says "the wages of sin is death". But because of Jesus's sacrifice, he made it possible for our sins to be forgiven through him, therefore our soul can be saved.
2007-04-05 17:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by mzlin08 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus healed the ear of one of the soldiers who came for him at Gethsemane.
He said to Pilate you have no power over me except what God allows you to have.
He asked that the soldiers who crucified him be forgiven.
At no point in the proceedings did he offer any word in his own defense.
Nowhere does it say that he struggled against his fate except when he asked God if the cup could be taken from him and even then Jesus said your will not mine be done.
That sounds to me like he wasn't taken down. It sounds more like he allowed it to be taken.
2007-04-05 18:44:45 · answer #5 · answered by Chaplain John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes men did crucify Jesus Christ however he also said no man can take my life, I give it of my own free will so therefore no man could have taken his life without him given into the ghost as a will of GOD!
2007-04-05 17:15:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea what is meant by "man took down Jesus." The notion that god created Jesus for the purpose of pestering god to remit sins is just as silly as it sounds.
2007-04-05 17:11:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well.. he didn't exactly put up a fight...
And he asked for the forgiveness of his captors.
The Bible says it pleased the Lord to crush him on our behalf.
Christ performed many miracles during his ministry.
All the evidence in the Bible points to yes.
The historians' writings all point to this as well.
2007-04-05 17:15:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a man did take down Jesus, it says in the f'n Bible that he was crucified BY MEN. I find your question funny because I have never read anything more ridiculous than "[Jesus] rose again He conquered death and lived".
2007-04-05 17:09:08 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Jesus shed His blood on the cross, was buried and rose the third day.
2007-04-05 20:37:46 · answer #10 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋