Before and after he died, wasnt he in heaven? So how did he actually give up anything?
2007-07-16 04:34:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Watching your Son be brutally killed.
No, no sacrifice there.
Peace be with you!
2007-07-16 04:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What do you have to offer that is greater than what He did?
He set Himself aside in obedience to the Father to serve us who owed Him worship. Instead He received condemnation.
He took the pain and humiliation that was punishment that should have been ours upon Himself when He didn't have to.
He was fully man as well as God and felt EVERY blow delivered to Him and He died yet rose again.
How was this not a sacrifice to take our punishment in our place so that the law be fulfilled?
What do you have to offer that could out do this if you do not believe this to be a sacrifice?
Actually that is the exact thing that religion in general has always been about and could never accomplish. It required God's own inersession.
This is the difference between religion and Christianity.
2007-07-16 11:41:08 · answer #2 · answered by Michael B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how much of a sacrifice it was to come and live as a man and live a perfect life which no one can do and then die a horrible death on a cross shamed and humiliated and did not even deserve it at all just so some rotten sinners can have the opportunity to be forgiven if they believe in him, what do you mean he didnt sacrifice anything he could have stayed in heaven and wiped this earth clean if he wanted to but he is a god of love and compassion.
2007-07-16 11:40:14 · answer #3 · answered by disciple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. God knows everything, does everything, is everywhere and cant even control a few million people here on earth His autopilot on the rest of the universe seems to be working most of the time. When you ask questions like this men will scramble to make up an answer and quote unrelated scripture only to prove that man created God and not God create Man.
2007-07-16 11:43:49 · answer #4 · answered by wreaser2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He "gave up" quite a lot when you think about it! He had to humble Himself by clothing himself in flesh in the personage of Jesus Christ. His sacrifice came in death, since as a mortal, He was treated the way a sacrifice was treated in the OT. Look at the parallels! He was born in a manger, He was without "spot, blemish or any such thing" because the Virgin birth prevented Him from being born into sin as other mortals are, He was loved and cared for by His earthly parents much like the OT sacrificial animals were separated from the flock to be loved and cared for in preparation for their sacrifice! It was no doubt cruel the the children of the OT to have to give up those "pets" for sacrifice as it was surely cruel for Mary to lose her son to what she didn't fully understand. But as Jesus told her once when He was about 12 years old, 'Didn't you know I had to be about the Father's business?" He gave up a prison of flesh that could WILLINGLY die in all humility (though the prospect frightened Him to death!) to forever take away our sins if we accepted His plan of salvation.
2007-07-16 11:50:07 · answer #5 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created Lucifer, therefore creating the need for hell and creating the need for his son to be killed.
It wasn't a sacrifice, just a part of the whole plan from the begining. The same can be said about the millions who will suffer in hell for eternity.
Assuming you believe the bible.
In reality it isn't true.
2007-07-16 11:38:48 · answer #6 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that Jesus loved being with His brothers and sisters in Christ and didn't want to have to WAIT for them to join Him, and knew that if He could stay among men on earth that He could do SO MUCH MORE, (plus, it was going to hurt Him physically as well as within His heart) that THAT was why it was a "sacrifice" for JESUS to have to die and re-join His Father.
Jesus even grew angry with his Disciples whom didn't seem to understand how great the "sacrifice" was going to be, but rather, took it as "ho-hum, He said it was going to happen, we can't stop it, so, (yawwwwwn) He has it under "control", so (yawwwwwwwwn) what good are we doing by staying awake?" (snore)
LOL Read the Bible...it's IN THERE....
May you find Truth :)
2007-07-16 11:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by ForeverSet 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For God so loved the world that He gave His only son and whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
2007-07-16 12:37:58 · answer #8 · answered by pepperwinnie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isn't giving up your life for your beliefs the greatest sacrifice of all?
2007-07-16 11:38:34 · answer #9 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was God sacrificing Himself in our stead.....
It meant everything for the salvation from our sins
2007-07-16 11:36:57 · answer #10 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋