ok, this question is based on the assumption that jesus lived a perfect life. that's to say he never broke one commandment, which nobody can really verify because none of us are mind readers. how would him dying for our sins be any different than someone with only one or two sins in their life, if not thousands? let's say i had 100 speeding tickets and i couldn't pay them myself. i seriously doubt any judge is really gonna care who pays off the speeding tickets, regardless if they have 0, 100, or even 1 million speeding tickets, just as long as they get paid. furthermore, how would it be just if someone else paid off my speeding tickets, or if i committed murder and someone else takes the rap for me? the fair thing to do would for me to accept the consequences that go along with my actions and not let someone else take the fall.
2007-04-15 05:14:40 · 4 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oh carolinagirl, such a well rehearsed response to the question. is it fair to say jesus suffered then? certainly if he's god, nothing humans can do to him would make him feel pain. this would sort of contradict the idea of him being a god. and if it was indeed his purpose to die for us, why is there such animosity towards the jews? they were merely filling prophecy. if they didn't kill him he wouldn't have died, right? or would he have still carried the burden of our sins if he died of natural causes. if so, would we even care about him. seems to me his dieing on the cross made a martyr of him and gave people more of a reason to worship. that and the threat of execution by constantine if you believed differently.
2007-04-15 05:41:29 · update #1
thundercatt, if it's not fair how can one claim that god is a fair and just god?
2007-04-15 05:44:24 · update #2
You don't need to be without sin to be a martyr, but it sure helps!
2007-04-15 05:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by eine kleine nukedmusik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All men are sinners. Every single one of us. There is not one of us innocent of sin, which the punishment is death.
Jesus was God in human form. He was perfect, without sin, without blemish, without fault. He never sinned. Mind reading has nothing to do with the facts of the Bible. None of us can die to save anyone else not even our own self. We all have to answer for our own sins. We will all stand at the judgement seat of Christ.
Jesus was sent with the specific purpose of being the sacrificial lamb for all of mankind. His blood covers all our sins. That was his job to let everyone know he exists and he takes away the sin of the world.
As John the Baptist said, Behold! The lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
You aren't getting out of this one on your own.
2007-04-15 12:26:35 · answer #2 · answered by carolinagirl965 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right that the fair thing would be to accept the consequences for your own actions.
But because God LOVES His creatures, He was willing to pay our death penalty instead of making us pay it ourselves. Still He gives us the freedom to either accept or reject His gift of redemption.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2007-04-15 12:52:26 · answer #3 · answered by pinkrose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death was not the natural destiny of Adam; it was the punishment for his disobedience against his Creator. Jesus had to do what Adam failed to do— fulfill the required obedience in the Garden and the required sinless life of perfection, both of which Christ fulfilled. This is His active obedience. He took the death we deserved. Call it God's amesty program ... And no its not "fair."
2007-04-15 12:35:18 · answer #4 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋