Why did god sacrifice himself to himself in order to correct a situation he started himself?

Question

I gotta tell ya, it sounds a little crazy....

Answer 1

Mmmm

Say basically, you're saying God forced Adam and Eve to defy his commands, thereby creating original sin? Your belief is that they did not commit the act of free will?

If you do believe that, then the question you stated isn't the problem. It is your misunderstanding of Christian Theology.

God says "don't do this"
They are put to a test by Satan when he says "you will not die" (partial lie - not physical death, but spiritual death - seperation from God).
Instead of resisting his guile and throwing him from the Garden (Adam was the protector and caregiver for the garden - this was his charged task), Eve eats and Adam lets her. She gives it to him and he eats. They both defied God's command/law.

God didn't make them do it. That is incorrect. I could understand it sounding crazy if you think he did, though.

Answer 2

He didn't start the situation. Adam and Eve did. They chose to sin. They weren't forced to sin.

God sacrificed Himself because He is perfect. He couldn't sacrifice Himself in Spirit form, so He came in human form. He lived a sinless life so that we can all be freed from the debt of sin. Sacrifice is the only way to communicate with God. Instead of having another 2,000 years of meaningless animal sacrifices, Jesus was sacrificed so that we can communicate with God any time we need to. That is, those who accept the sacrifice can talk to God. It's easier to understand if you can take one concept at a time.

Answer 3

Peculiar ... but not crazy.

Under God's most basic law, one without sin is not liable to die. (This was the flip-side of the same law that Adam broke, when he sinned.)

Jesus permitted Satan and his minions, the Jews and the Romans, to unjustly put him to death, knowing full well that this was the only way Satan's evil dominion could be legally destroyed, as no one, not even the devil, had the authority to take the life of a sinless man, let alone the only son of God.

Once Jesus died, Satan was judged for his great sin, stripped of all that he had earlier gained from Adam's fall, and left destitute.

Jesus was raised from the dead and appointed the new head of all mankind. God was now more than willing to forgive man's sins, and our redemption was truly at hand.

Now, anyone who rejects Satan and swears faithful allegiance to Jesus (typically through baptism) is able to have their sins forgiven, become a living temple of the Holy Spirit, and among other things, also become a member of God's own family.

The church carries on Christ's great work of redemption in the world today.

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Answer 4

Because God was indeed taking responsibility for His actions. Think about it -- He created man with the built-in free will to disobey God and unleash sin and curse into the world. But the Bible says that Jesus was slain from the beginning of the world. God know Adam would sin, so His plan was already in place to redeem man back to Himself by faith. God's offering of His Son was part of that plan. God knew man would depart from Him, so He made a way back to Him.

"Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God" (1 Peter 3:18).

Answer 5

God sent us here to earth and allowed sin in our lives so that we could go through hard times and grow spiritually. God owns everything that exists and all the unseen worlds and everything else we can imagine. He wants to share with us, his children, these good things, but he can't do so unless we come to earth and learn to love him without being to see him and love other people. He cannot give us this huge inheritance until we can grow up spiritually and earth is just the place to do that. It's like we have a very rich Father and he desires to give us a huge trillion dollar inheritance but we are too young and immature to handle it.

In order for us to get back home to Heaven with him, after sin came about, a perfect sacrifice was needed. All sins have to be paid for and that is just the way it is. Jesus paid this price so that we could get back to Heaven and enjoy this huge inheritance with him. God has bound himself to a law that says all sins must be paid for and that is why he sent Jesus to die and pay for all of mankind's sins.

Answer 6

I hit upon it pleasing that people have a complicated time killing an animal. You consume meat do no longer you? don't be cowardly continuously having to have all of us do the grimy supply you the outcomes you want. Kill the animal. To have a blot think ofyou've have been given to have a blood sacrifice. think ofyou've have been given to have blood to sprinkle on the persons of the blot as a fashion to steer them to bathe for the God's. without blood the blot can't be a blot. How are you waiting to call your self a heathen, follower of the heathen Gods, conflict gods, and be scared to kill your very own food and get blood on your hands? Hunters do it consistently in straightforward terms for a snigger. Hell my grandmother does it out on my grandfathers farm everytime she demands to coach dinner dinner. it is now no longer unlawful to sacrifice an animal in a blot and then use it for feasting interior the symbul (so long because it is an animal it is authorized to kill) from now on than it is to shoot bambi and then cook dinner it for dinner. yet yeah, i've got self assurance the guy up there. once you at the instant are no longer killing regardless of and then sprinkling that's blood on people it may desire to be noted as a husl for the reason that's definately now no longer a sacrifice our God's call for, neither is it a purification via blood and for that reason it is not a blot.

Answer 7

All that God did was give Adam and Eve free will and the choice of whether to obey Him or not. They chose to disobey Him--it was their fault, not God's fault. So it then becomes the ultimate act of love that God the Father would send His Son to be the sacrifice and redeemer for mankind's sin, to pay the perfect price on our behalf that we could not pay on our own.

Answer 8

Based upon varying beliefs he sacrificed himself, or his son...Not that it matters either way in reference to your question.
You see people had become quite nasty, so God sent his only son (You must forget that we are all suppose to be God's children) to teach them salvation. And then, in the ultimate example of his love for us, Jesus and God both mutually decided that by giving his (Jesus) life for us we can live an eternal life in heaven. If Jesus hadn't died on the cross, you see, we wouldn't go to heaven. Why? Because God says so...or apparently someone who thought that it would make a nifty story,over two thousand years ago, said so. Either way, believe what you want.

Answer 9

Good one. And if I might add to the fallacy, why did God, an all-perfect being by all definition, admit he screwed up big time when he flooded the entire world and killed every living thing on it? Oh, and here's a rainbow as a token of my deepest regret and I'll never, never do it again. I'm thinking fire next time. What a guy!

Answer 10

That's because He didn't. Krishna sent His pure devotee to come reestablish the truth that appeared to be lost. He is the pure son of God. (there where many before him and many after him) Krishna says "Whenever there is a decline in religious principals and the truth appears to be lost, I appear again and again or send my representative to reestablish the truth." That is why there are so many religions. He sends the truth then the evil men change the word and it becomes contaminated again. Read the original New testament before Constantine changed so many things. Google gospelofthenazirenes.co For sincere seekers of Truth.