2007-09-28 09:04:38 · 19 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
flyleaffan: What do you mean there was only one way? Isn't God omnipotent? He could do it in an infinite number of ways.
2007-09-28 09:09:31 · update #1
MAtthew: So you are saying God CANNOT forgive you unless he sends Jesus? Who made that rule? What happened to omnipotence?
2007-09-28 09:11:12 · update #2
Bobalo9: Why did a price have to be paid?
2007-09-28 09:11:55 · update #3
Randy G: So God demonstrates that he hates sin by having his son beaten and killed? Huh?
2007-09-28 09:13:01 · update #4
MNL_1221: But God could also decide NOT to sentence at all. The judge is obeying the law, but God would be able to define the law.
2007-09-28 09:14:50 · update #5
batgirl2good: So you are saying that if God tried the same thing with an imperfect Jesus it wouldn't work? Can God fail?
2007-09-28 09:17:11 · update #6
Sure...Personally, I think that he should've just said to Adam and Eve, "oh well, people make mistakes." and We'd all still be in the Garden...Apparently He didn't think it was a good idea, so...what can you do.
Jesus' death on the tree has a little more significance than just forgiveness. It represents dying to the world, and being resurrected in the spirit. In other words, when we accept Jesus, our old selves are no more, that person died, and we are a new person, focused on pleasing God.
2007-09-28 09:22:16 · answer #1 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, that's deep. There's gonna be some fundies that won't like this little challenge.
I'm Christian. I think that Jesus was a man. Just like you and me. A human mother, a human father, the whole deal.
God said in the OT that we are all to obey all his orders until a man lives his whole life without breaking any of God's rules. When that happens we are to listen to that man. I believe that Jesus fulfilled that prophecy.
The way I understood the bible there isn't a contradiction there.
2007-09-28 16:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It's like the difference between paying a debt for someone else, and simply cancelling it.
Suppose I'm a judge and I sentence someone to three days in jail. I could commute or suspend the sentence so that no one serves it. But what God did with Jesus' crucifixion is as if the judge decided, rather than commuting the sentence, to serve the sentence himself/herself, or if the judge's son or daughter offered to serve the three day's sentence in place of the convicted defendant.
Or, going back to the debt scenario: I have a debt against someone, but instead of merely cancelling the debt, I go to work to earn money and then I pay the debt myself--to myself!
This might make God sound a little crazy, doesn't it. I suppose it's like the difference between saying "It doesn't matter" and "It does matter, and I'll absorb the cost myself."
2007-09-28 16:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, because "almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." Hebrews 9:22. There is no remission of sins without the shedding of blood; but the sacrifice must be perfect - there can be no stain of sin upon the sacrifice. But since only God is perfect, then only He can qualify for the sacrifice. He can only forgive people after they have asked to be forgiven, and accepted God's sacrifice on their behalf.
2007-09-28 16:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly. There had to be a living sacrifice as atonement for our sins. But, that wasn't the only purpose of Jesus being on earth. In the Old Testament, God performed miracles to show the world what GOD was capable of doing. He sent Jesus to show the world what A MAN FILLED WITH GOD can do. Although most people undermine themselves, we are all capable of being so filled with God's Spirit to allow Him to use us to perform His wonders as well.
2007-09-28 16:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by edcw0214 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God so loved the world that he sent His only son to die for us.
In other words, He sent Jesus down here to become human to see if we were worth saving. Jesus had many opportunities to God, "kill 'em all and sort 'em out Yourself."
however, the fact that Jesus paid the ultimate price to save us is proof that we are worth saving. hence, God forgave us.
2007-09-28 16:14:02 · answer #6 · answered by CGAA72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not according to the biblical plan. The bible teaches that Christ came to PAY THE PRICE so that men COULD BE forgiven. God wishes for us to trust in him and RECIEVE the gift of eternal life. It's like someone buying you a Christmas present... they can pay the price, but until you unwrap it and recieve it you don't have it.
PS Grant... without the shedding of blood there is no remision of sins
2007-09-28 16:09:34 · answer #7 · answered by Matthew P (SL) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not quite, His coming was needed to understand the mind and heart of his creation. To go through the natural order to full comprehend what man goes through. Of course all He had to do was say the word , yet He decided to suffer to make the redeemtion work something in the minds of man.
2007-09-28 16:09:32 · answer #8 · answered by s. grant 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. If God simply forgave sin, then that might imply to some that evil was no big deal.
God needed a public demonstration of how much he hates sin, to show people how seriously it bothers him when we do evil.
2007-09-28 16:11:54 · answer #9 · answered by Randy G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely. God had a change of heart where we are concerned. He just thinks we are worth it. Be glad. But because God is a just God, the penalty of sin still had to be paid in full in order to be forgiven.
2007-09-28 16:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋