rather let your child die than deny your faith toward God and Jesus?
This is an extension of another question asked earlier.
Origianlly it asked if YOU would rather die than deny Christ.
It just got me thinking. It's easy to die for Chirst...that's a one time thing. Living for Him is harder. But what if the gunman was pointing the gun at your kids? Would you save them or sacrafice them.
Hard question?
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2007-06-12 08:51:59 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yeah, that is a hard question! and i don't even have kids yet!
ummm, i think it might depend on whether or not my kids are saved. i wouldn't want them to go to hell. if i knew for a fact that they were saved, i don't know what i'd do. i'm guessing i would probably want to save them and deny Christ, but i really hope i wouldn't do that. hopefully i would sacrifice them, not because i wouldn't love them more than anything in the world, but because we're supposed to love God more than our family or friends. He should always be number one. i would have to trust God that that would be the right choice. it would be the hardest thing i'd ever have to do, but i hope i would do it. God sacrificed His own perfect Son for us sinners, so i think we owe Him our lives, our children's lives, EVERYTHING. i have to trust God that i won't ever be forced to make that decision, but if i am, i have to trust that He'll give me the strength to make the right choice. honestly, i don't know what i'd do and i never will unless i'm put in that position. besides, remember what happened in the Bible? abraham trusted God when He told him to sacrifice his son. he was just about to kill his own son, when God provided a replacement for abraham's son. abraham trusted and God provided.
2007-06-12 09:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by je t'♥ 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Who is Jesus anyway? Spirituality is something that some people never find in their hearts themselves so following an organised religion gives them a recogonised reason to find the faith they feel is missing in their lives. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking it but what faith would ask a parent to choose between their flesh & blood & a possibly ficticious story we have no proof is real? So the answer is easy really, follow your heart & you can't go wrong & as a parent I could never stand & watch my child die for the sake of testing 'faith'. My children are my faith
2007-06-13 05:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by biaritzlounger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If as Christians we truly belive in heaven and the ressurection , then no matter what happens we would be with those children again.
I would rather know that my children were in heaven with Christ free from pain, sorrow, lonliness, regret, fear, and hate than to have them grow up in this evil hate fillled world knowing that I didn't believe in what I professed.
not to say that this would be an easy choice or that i would never cry or hurt over this decision.
I love my children fiercely and would miss them every day. And I thank God that I have never faced a choice like that.
But in the end a small time of sadness will never dim the reality of an eternity of a life in heaven with Christ.
2007-06-12 09:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by Twila G 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
if your faith is real, then you truly believe that God is faithful and just, and He will make things right. I would not deny my faith to save my child, although if it actually happened, I wouldn't be suprised if I did, its easy to say something on YA!, its quite another thing to go through with it in real life.
This is why God tested Abraham this way, only the deepest strongest faith could cause a person to go forward with sacrificing thier only son, especially true for Abraham who went through so much trying to have a son.
2007-06-12 08:57:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Not hard at all, I would save him. I would die for my son in a heartbeat. I went back and reread your question after reading some of the answers other people gave. I would not deny Christ in order to save my child. He is a Christian and he would not want me to do that. He would willingly die for Christ.
2007-06-12 08:57:38 · answer #5 · answered by Caleb's Mom 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There are some really scary answers here- you guys would honestly decide that god can't get by without you letting someone slaughter your child? You'd choose some creepy character that wants kids to be gunned down over your beautiful child? Absolutely beyond belief. Imagine the terror that child would feel... and you'd be okay with that if it meant protecting your insecure god?
Not a hard question at all. My kids would come first every time. I don't have to think for an instant on that one.
I don't have any use for a god so shallow and insecure that my protecting my children would make him punish me. I would rather live in your definition of hell knowing I'd put my life on my line for my kids than in heaven knowing I chose to let them suffer.
What a horrible eternity that would be! Sitting around with a bunch of horrible people who would be willing to let their children be shot rather than let god take care of himself ?!
And you wonder why some people do not believe in god???
If a god says to choose between my kids and him he's no different from the Nazis in Sophie's Choice forcing her to choose which of her children would live and which would die.
A loving god would test me by my willingness to put my life on the line for the people given to my care in this life, and if I were to say, "Sorry God- you're strong enough to take care of yourself, but my kids aren't. See ya!" that would get me extra points.
But a loving god like that doesn't exist. Only the vengeful jealous kind... and he's been invented by people with some pretty twisted agendas.
2007-06-12 09:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If there was no way to deactivate the gunman's threat,then,yes,my child would be a sacrifice to the Lord,just as God sacrificed His only Son,for every one of us.
You mention that,.."it is an easy thing to die (personally), for Christ,it's a one time thing,...living for Him is harder."
When you're speaking in a the physical sense,you're partially right.
Paul said," I crucify my flesh,"daily."
This is what we must do on a daily basis, as well;and,no, it's not easy to deny our flesh those things it naturally craves.
So,in reality,we don't die but one time for Christ,(if we're getting anywhere in our walk with Christ,at all),... we die repeatedly,...each and every day of our lives,until the final,physical death.
Sorry so lengthy here,But a good,good question,Quella Bella!
I wish I could give you more than one star!!!
2007-06-12 12:24:11 · answer #7 · answered by STORMY 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I love God, but I would save my children without a wink. God has made mothers with a maternal instinct. He will understand.
2007-06-13 02:47:14 · answer #8 · answered by Amelie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm slightly intrigued and slightly afraid to see the answers to this question. I am not a mother but I know I would choose my(future) children over ANYTHING. I would never let my (future) children suffer for my own well being, even if that meant an enternity in Hell (although I don't believe there is such a place). No matter how strongly I believe or don't believe in something, I would deny anything I believe to save my children.
So I am intrigued to see how Christians will explain that they would save their children. And I am afraid for those who say they wouldn't...
2007-06-12 08:55:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
You are asking 2 questions there.What does saving your child from a gunman have to do with Jesus or God?
I would however save my child at any cost .And I know that God would never make me make a choice like that.
So it is very much a moot question don't you think?
2007-06-12 09:05:55 · answer #10 · answered by Christal 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋