So it was necessary for God to sacrifice himself to himself in order to change a rule that He, himself created???..What???
2007-08-16 09:19:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When God made us, He shared a little bit of his divinity with us: free will.
When faced with options between "what is right and what is easy," we tend to misuse our free will.
Sure God could've made us so that we'd always make the right choices, but that would've belied our free will.
So in becoming human, we shared a little bit of our humanity with God -- our mortality. On the cross, God died -- which of course doesn't make sense to us, but there you have it: bona fide mystery.
Jesus sacrificed himself to live forever in a state of grace, so that we, His brothers in humanity, could live forever in grace too, if we choose to.
2007-08-16 09:29:23 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a Christian but sometimes I really don't understand it's all about faith. God the Father sent Jesus Christ as a sacrifice to the world to save the world. If you haven't heard of the Trinity it consist of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit and that's why you are thinking that God sent himself as a sacrifice but he didn't he sent his Son who was conceived through Mary to die for the sins of the world. I know it's confusing but maybe try reading the bible and it will help you better understand.
2007-08-16 09:28:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't make a lot of sense. They basically worship a God that requires blood sacrifices and if you are a trinitarian than God sacrificed himself which actually somewhat less offensive than the he sacrificed his child belief. At any rate it pokes holes in the God is all powerful idea (can't forgive humans for being what God made them without blood sacrifice which for me makes him not only not all powerful but rather evil and suspiciously bronze age pagan) and also just sounds creepy to some of us outside their belief system.
2007-08-16 09:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is confusing isn't it. The way most christians try to explain about Jesus' Sacrifice,
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
God did not send Himself, God sent His Son.
k
2007-08-16 09:30:26 · answer #4 · answered by k 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God offered Jesus as a living sacrifice, to enter Heaven you must be free of sin. Man demonstrated that he himself could never clean himself of sin, so Jesus offered himself. I know it's difficult for you, but this isn't rocket science? How much more do I need to spell out for you? If you don't want to believe that is your choice, stop belittling mine.
2007-08-16 09:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by Scott B 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), we believe that the godhead (our Heavenly Father, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost) are 3 separate beings, but are one in purpose. With this said, hopefully it makes much more sense.
For more answers to your questions go to: www.lds.org or www.mormon.org
2007-08-16 09:31:23 · answer #6 · answered by Lu 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, God took the penalties for our sins. He hung himself by His own law, so that we would not have to pay the debt. The law of sin and death still exists, but it has now been fully paid for by His glorious sacrifice...
2007-08-16 09:29:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
WHAT??????
Where do you people get these silly notions?
Here are the facts (yet one more time):
We have all (every single last one of us) broken God's Laws (refer to the 10 Commandments). In the Bible, this is referred to as "sin".
Sin pays in death ("The wages of sin is death").
God doesn't desire that anybody should perish, so He sent the sacrificial atonement lamb, Jesus Christ, which He foretold through the Jewish animal sacrifices as a foreshadowing of events to come.
We deserve the death penalty, and justice demands that the penalty be paid.
God loved us so much, that He took upon Himself to pay that penalty FOR us. He didn't change any rules.
If we would but acknowledge and repent (turn away) from our sins, He now has the freedom to grant us a pardon, based on the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ on the cross, which was actually ours. ("He who knew no sin became sin so that we could become righteous")
God WANTS to pardon us, but without repentance, yes - His hands are tied! - He can NOT in all good conscience grant that pardon if we insist on continuing therein.
A really good example would be like a briefcase with a bomb in it. The bomb WILL explode, but if you insist on holding on to that brief case, you will can see what will happen to you. That bomb is like sin. If you refuse to release it, let go of it, and repent, then when the sin is cast into the lake of fire, you will go with it. That is NOT God's desire for you!
So, we either acknowledge and accept the payment He made on our behalf, or we pay it ourselves. The choice is now ours. Jesus said, "Whoever believes in the Son of God will not be condemned. But whoever does not believe in the Son is condemned already" ...
You finally got it yet? Do you yet see the great love God has for you? Do you even care what Jesus had to go through? Not only did he pay for our sins, he actually became sin, as I already pointed out. He traded places with us, taking our sins and giving us his righteousness instead.
2007-08-16 09:31:45 · answer #8 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I truly feel sorry for you, my friend.........you obviously do not want the truth. The Lord told us it would be this way. Why don't you give the Lord a real try here ???
2007-08-16 09:59:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1Corinthians 1:18
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Cr/1Cr001.html#18
2007-08-16 09:38:27 · answer #10 · answered by NickofTyme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋