You can do anything you want and then just say "Jesus already died for me." How convenient. Christians don't have to take responsibility for anything they do.
Why does Jesus have to be your scapegoat? Why do you have to dump all your mistakes on him and make him suffer for them?
2007-08-02 01:23:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it is a convenient religion
2007-08-02 04:29:45 · answer #1 · answered by slopoke6968 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You actually have it backwards. Christians sin all the time, and we don't blame Jesus. Jesus died for our sins, but that doesn't mean we can sin without consequence. I have to take responsibility for my own sins and ask God to forgive me for them.
So where did you hear something like that? Do you have a source? Please post it. Or more likely, you like to take the teachings of the bible and twist them around because you like stirring the pot. See? If you would read the bible, you could probably figure these things out for yourself instead of making generalizations and false accusations.
2007-08-02 03:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by kaz716 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire belief that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him)died carrying all the sins of his followers should be flawed. It just can't be true, because then it makes no sense of our presence in this world.
I believe God has sent us to see who believes in Him, follows His rules, serves mankind and is an overall good human being. That's how someone can gain heaven.
But it is not necessarily true that Christians will take unfair advantage of this concept. I believe many are in doubt else Christianity would have been the fastest growing religion in the world since this concept is so attractive.
2007-08-02 01:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by Devilishly Sexy MasterMinD 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, that's only one of the many reasons for Christianity, and it's a function that Christianity shares with many (most?) other religions.
You're also WAY oversimplifying the way that religions excuse bad behavior, and largely getting it wrong. I suppose there might be a few people who knowingly commit bad acts and consciously excuse them by saying "Jesus already died for me", but I'll bet that's quite rare.
FAR more common is the believer who simply claims that his/her religious beliefs justify the bad behavior - that it doesn't need to be forgiven because it's not really immoral (for example, to lie about evolution or abortion, to deny basic rights to homosexuals, to attack people whose beliefs don't agree with their own).
If religions kept believers from using the "Jesus already died for me" excuse and that never happened again, it would have almost no impact on the behavior of believers. Almost all of believers' justification of bad behavior involves outright excusing the behavior as not wrong at all.
2007-08-02 01:30:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Um just the opposite. We are taking responsibility for our actions. We were blessed enough to have someone to pay our price. No its not that convenient. Jesus died for followers of Him. If you dont repent and accept Him as your Lord and Saviour then you outta the circle. Its not an exclusive club I invite you all to join. Repent and be baptized. Find a Bible believing church not a feel good church. Start praying and reading the Bible daily and before long you will have that relationship and find out how we do take responsibility for our actions. Peace out..............
2007-08-02 01:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by powerliftingrules 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
My cousin is serving a life sentence for murder. My aunt is lobbying for his parole already (he's been in 9 years) because he "found Jesus" and is therefore rehabilitated. What the heck is WRONG with these people?
2007-08-02 01:29:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Its not like that exactly. If I sit here and eat too much and complain to God that I'm fat its not His fault. We do have to consider consequences but there are things that have to be in balance. And if we do things intently and Not repent (He is always ready for us to come to Him) the forgiveness is not there and we fall short. "We live Glory-to -Glory" In and out of Seasons and I want to be Good but I do fall and I am held accountable to Him. Do I repent or live with the guilt?
2007-08-02 01:35:38 · answer #7 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You have got to be kidding! Christians are commanded to take responsibility for their actions and either ask for forgiveness or speak the truth. Any other action is not of Jesus.
2007-08-02 01:32:45 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs.Blessed 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Jesus Christ has already died for all of the sins ever committed or will ever be committed. There is only one sin that will cast us into Hell. The sin of blasphemy or denial of the Holy Spirit. Anyone, Christian or not, who denies the graces given to him or her by the Holy Spirit is in danger of Hell.
A Christian has been given the grace necessary to avoid all sin. Does this mean that a Christian is free to sin? NO! As Saint Paul has said, we are free from sin only to abstain from it. It sickens us to sin.
Any Christian that says that he or she is "washed by the blood of Christ" and therefore sinless in His sight is caught up in a popular heresy. We are strengthened by the body and blood of Christ we ingest in order to do God's will. We might still sin.
If we sin we may be forgiven by the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This strengthens us to never sin again. If we sin again we are always free to partake of the Sacrament of Reconciliation unto our death bed.
Don't get caught up in popular heresies. They are lies that serve only to confuse everyone about true Christianity.
Yours in Christ Jesus, Grace
2007-08-02 01:53:50 · answer #9 · answered by Grace 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Here you go since you ask for it.
Answer to your question: "Jesus already died for me."
2007-08-02 02:03:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋