Since we are all equal in the eyes of God. Was Jesus' suffering more important and significant than your own? If you say we have inherited sin then you can also say so did Jesus through his mother, and support this with the disrespect he showed in the temple when driving out the traders and when he said to his mohter another time something about the only parent I have is my father in heaven. A very hurtful and disrespectful remark I thought, or the incident of running away as a child and being found preaching to the people on the steps of the temple, what a selfish and disrespectul thing to do to your parents from a child wise enough to draw the attention of a crowd.
2007-07-05 01:23:52 · 13 answers · asked by purplepeace59 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
None of my suffering has been for atonement for the sins of the world. But Jesus' was. I am not innocent. But Jesus is.
2007-07-05 01:42:09 · answer #1 · answered by Gram 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are no innocent people, no sinless people save one.
That was Jesus Christ. He who knew no sin bore our sin to the cross.
Jesus suffered more than I or anyone else ever will and more than anyone can fully comprehend.
The disrespect was on the money changers... too long of an explanation, but they were basically trading and cheating folks in the temple of the Almighty God. Jesus made the necessary correction.
What you said is a bit like saying it is disrespectful to sentence a burglar to prison.
I am not able to address your assessment about "the only parent I have is my Father in heaven" as right at this moment I can not recall exacty where that is.
Again you call it "running away" . Jesus went to the temple, His parents probably assumed He was with another part of the family as they left town. People moved in family groups with sometimes upwards of 100 people. It would be easy to overlook where your child is especially if you presume that grandmum or auntie, or great uncle are looking after him.
Note that it took them at least a full day to realize he wasn't with the traveling party.
2007-07-05 08:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because you inherit something doesn't mean you have to accept it. Jesus did not sin. We don't have to either but since we do, if it wasn't for the Atonement of Christ where he took on the sins of the entire world (that includes everyone who has ever lived on this planet and all those who haven't even been born yet.) then we couldn't be accepted back into the presence of God. By the way, your remarks regarding what Jesus did that was rude and disrespectful indicates that you probably don't have a full understanding of the events that were transpiring at that time and if you did then I'm sure you would have a paradigm shift regarding why He did what He did. Good luck.
2007-07-05 08:49:29 · answer #3 · answered by garo g 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
By means of the the immaculate conception Jesus was born without sin. He took on the sins of the world (past present and future) as his own and paid for them with his death. By this we see our suffering became His.
As far as, the money changer in the Temple it shows a strong change in Christ's temperament. He showed love and kindness to everyone from all walks of life. He truly reached out and lifted them up to the Father. What made the money changers so different? I would guess because these were people of God that used Him for profit. Jesus told us that all sin comes one of two things:
1) Not loving God
2) not loving each other
The money changers showed a lack of love for God and it was not out of ignorance.
As for the runaway event, Jesus did not run away. He was traveling in a caravan. Mary thought he was with someone else and found that he was left in the city. Imagine that you left your child in a foreign city. She was panicked and ran back and found Him in the Temple. Jesus was not disrespectful but calm. Luke 2:49Jesus answered, "Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I would be in my Father's house(or doing my Father's business)?" He was announcing that He knew His purpose. It is also interesting that he was missing for three days. You are correct in saying that He was wise.
2007-07-05 09:21:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You read the bible ... I presume you read the bible ... with blinders on.
My suffering cannot compare to that of Jesus'. He took on the sins of the entire world. I can barely handle my own. The purpose of His suffering was to free man from his sins. The end result was salvation for all who want it. I suffer from my stupidity.
Jesus drove out the money changers because His Father's house was a house of prayer, but the money changes were using it to charge usury for their services. Money from various regions had to be exchanged for Temple money and they charged a high fee for the conversion. Sinning in God's house!
Jesus understood that His relationship with His heavenly Father was far more important than His relationship with His earthly mom or dad. True believers think the same way.
Jesus didn't run away. He had a divine purpose in teaching what He knew to the elders in the synagogue. Again, far more important to Him than hanging out with His parents who were essentially clueless.
You see Jesus with human eyes. If you took the time to put on Godly eyes, you'd see the truth.
2007-07-05 08:36:03 · answer #5 · answered by High Flyer 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was God in the flesh. Christ and us are not equals. Christians are called to share in the sufferings of Christ as we are one with Him and are all the same body, with Him as the head. His sufferings were more significant in that He was without sin-He of all people shouldn't have been punished. Jesus, as God and Creator, has the authority to say or do as He seems fit. He wasn't being disrespectful or hurtful, but truthful. He did have righteous indignation in the Temple.
2007-07-05 08:34:24 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure how you are making the connection of your question and the others. To answer the main question, Christ suffering had to be greater, as He was sinless, but all of the sin s of the world were put on Him.
2007-07-05 08:36:30 · answer #7 · answered by RB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your suffering is Jesus Sufferings. My sufferings is Jesus Sufferings. Jesus took on the penalties of all mankind's sins. I would say Jesus suffered greatly.
2007-07-05 08:27:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
His love for each of us is equal. None of us can save ourselves, for we are tainted with sin, for each of us is born from a father who was also tainted with sin. Yahushua however had a father who was not tainted with sin, his father was Yahuwah himself.
It was not the amount of suffering that matters, but rather that he was not tainted with sin, and his blood is shed by law as a sacrifice to attone for the sin of all those who trust in him, and choose to put their faith in him.
The Gospel is simply that he was a perfect man, killed in innocence for the sake of all Israel. He was burried for 3 days and nights as a sign that he truely was the Messiah, and then raised up as a promise of what will come for each of those who trust in his name.
Even if I should die through suffering, it is not enough to pay the wages of my sin. So my suffering counts for nothing except for suffering itself.
In the temple, Yahushua showed his zeal and personal ownership of the house of his father Yahuwah. It was clearly the merchants who where being disrespectful.
We are commanded to respect our parents, and this Yahushua always did. Indeed even as he died he made provision for his mothers future, since he as her oldest son was about to be released from his responsibily under law, through his death. He never denied her, but rather ephasised that it is our spiritual parents and children and brothers etc that we are to cling to like family. For this is the family we will have in heaven.
You say that as a child he ran away, but he was in fact left behind, no fault of his own.no doubt he ate the food brought to the temple, food reserved for the priests... how fitting since he is our high priest even now.
And how did he draw this crowd you speak of? Scripture tells us he was a comly child, not attractive at all. A stranger to his mothers children. It was with the truth and authority of his father that he was able to impress not a crowd of the public, but rather of the priests, and scribes, the levites, the keepers of scripture. He not only knew the scripture, he understood it better than they did, and was able to show them that he did.
But let us stop calling him Jesus shall we? His name was and is Yahushua.
Stephen
2007-07-05 08:57:23 · answer #9 · answered by Stephen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need Jesus Christ in your life, brother!
Good luck
2007-07-05 08:32:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋