Question To All Christians......Form some Muslims?

Question

If Jesus is son of god... or is god then why did he shed blood and die like any ordenairy person? Shouldn't he have stayed to help his people to be better Christians?

Answer 1

Jesus opened up Heaven for all that accept Him. He left us with the Holy Spirit to guide us. I guess you think He should have stayed and conquered some countries, enslaved people and forced conversions like Muhammad did. Well, Muhammad cannot save anyone. He's dead. No, Jesus gave His life so we may live. Jesus was resurrected so we can have life after death. See, Jesus defied death and we can too by believing in Him. He is the only way to God. I don't know how you can believe in God Almighty but then say He's not mighty at all. I guess you don't believe God is capable of doing whatever He wants, including taking on a human form. Then you don't have faith in God.

God Bless.

Answer 2

This act was THE ATONEMENT. In the Old Testament period Jews used to receive atonement for their sins through the temporary measure of animal sacrifice. However only a proper sacrifice can really forgive sins, as a punishment needs to be meted out to requite ill deeds and character.

Isaiah 53 He was punished for inquities ... He bore the sins of many.

There are many other aspects of THE ATONEMENT. In a sense because mankind is fallen the curse has fallen on him - so he experiences all sorts of frustrations. in the atonement Jesus took on all these frustrations:

* our sin - he paid the penalty for them, standing before Pilate
and having nothing to say for himself, then dying horribly.

* our lack of relationship with God - God forsook him temporarily as all the sin of the world was laid on him.

* our poverty - he was stripped naked, had all his clothes taken

* our disease - he was beaten hideously with the Roman 39 lashes, with skin ripped from his back. The Isaiah 52-53 prophecy says that he became hideous to behold and hardly looked like a man - many diseases may have been placed on his already mangled body.
For a time during the crucifixion the sky went dark - possibly as he was so horrible to behold

Its like he was put in the most hideous state of loss and wretchedness, so that even an osama Bin Laden could be forgiven and that with justice, since Laden's penalty would be borne by Christ; that is if he converted.

Answer 3

I believe Jesus died (and rose again) so that all people could accept the love and forgiveness of God. Not all people demanded or even needed that level of sacrifice in order to believe, but some (perhaps most) did. I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone say that "God wouldn't want anything to do with me" or "I'm not good enough for God to love".

People (again perhaps not all, but some) have often demanded a blood sacrifice for sins...how many people want to see a criminal die in the electric chair as punishment for murdering their loved one? How many people want to kill someone for hurting their child or other family member? It is a sad fact, but it is also true that many (perhaps all to some degree) believe that mistakes must be punished. By sending his son to be the ultimate sacrifice for all forms of sin, God was trying to show us that he loved us enough to sacrifice his own son for OUR sins. None of us are perfect, we all make mistakes, Jesus served as the bridge so that IN OUR OWN MINDS, we could be forgiven for the things that WE THOUGHT kept us from having a relationship with God.

Answer 4

This is actually a great question related to our central theology, and I wish I were a better writer.
Human nature being what it is, we require a big, obvious example in order to understand anything. In allowing Jesus' body to be destroyed, then in restoring it, God gave the people of the time proof of his dominion over mortal life and death, and in allowing his son to voluntarily suffer the agony of death in human form, God allowed that great sacrifice (of a father seeing his son's mortal agony AND of a son's last horrific hours), and Jesus sacrificed himself by asking that his suffering atone for the sins of all humans. In setting that example, that he was willing to die, to sacrifice himself for all people, even the ones that killed him, Jesus did help his followers be better Christians.
Sometimes humanity needs an example that is as obvious as a stone to the head, as compared to a feather's touch.

Answer 5

I don't recall any other person in history who was said to be crucified, and then rose again three days later, do you? So obviously He DIDN'T die like any ordinary person.

As for the second part of your question (why He didn't stick around), He DID stay for forty days after His resurrection, instructing His disciples.


Note to Giovanni, no thanks, I'd rather read what REAL scholars had to say about that. It's not true. That entire book is a bunch of lies. And what I mean by "REAL" scholars does NOT denote that they are Christian.
It isn't Jesus's fault that some people have strayed from His teachings.

Answer 6

my theory is that God can't understand what we feel,what we experience,etc, because he's God, so he had to send his son to us to live and die as a Human Being, in order to kind of build a bridge between us and Him. Like, if you want to communicate with someone who speaks another language or is deaf, you find someone who can speak both languages or knows sign language to help you communicate. Basically, Jesus is the translator through which we communicate with God. At least that's how i see and understand it.

Answer 7

Jesus was God and He was man. He died a human death on the cross. He was the lamb without spot, a sacrifice for us, that we could be redeemed from our sins. Without Jesus' death and resurrection, we would still be dead in our sins. A holy God cannot look upon sin. Jesus took upon Himself the sins of the world, so that all who believe will be justified as righteous before God. It is only through Jesus' imputed righteousness (I am not righteous on my own account) that I will enter heaven upon death.

Answer 8

The concept of the "slain god' is not unique to Christianity and has it's roots in antiquity. Read Frazer's The Golden Bough for an understanding of how today's religions, yes even yours, evolved from more primitive religions and the commonality that they all share.

I would recommend that The_Cricket (below) read "The World's 16 Crucified Saviors" by Kersey Graves. The fable of Christ has many parallels in the world's other religions.

Answer 9

He left the Holy spirit to guide us.

Jesus didn't die like any ordinary person, he took on the sins of the world, not many people do that. His crucification was a slow, painful death. Even, in his death, people scorned him. Nothing common about that.

Answer 10

No...

He had to be man....and He had to be God.

Man....so that He could be a living sacrifice for our sins..
God....so that He could live a perfect, sinless life.

Our salvation is not based on works or "being a better Christian"....it is based solely on the grace of God. Works will NOT save you (Ephesians 2:8-9)