2007-10-18 05:59:36 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus died to make salvation available. But it's not forced on anybody. All we have to do is to make a decision to avail ourselves of it by loving God and loving ourselves and each other. If I do that, then Jesus's salvation is mine.
Unfortunately, some people would rather judge and condemn than do the hard work of loving. Then, by their own free will, they are outside of Jesus's salvation.
2007-10-18 06:01:23 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Does this mean that those justified by grace can sin as much as they want?
Romans 6:1-2 says, "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer in it?"
1 Thess. 4:7 says, "God has called us not for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification."
The Scriptures teach us that we are to live holy lives and avoid sin (Col. 1:5-11). Just because we are saved and eternally justified before God (John 10:28), that is no excuse to continue in the sin from which we were saved. Of course, we all sin (1 John 1:8). But the war between the saved and his sin is continuous (Rom. 7:14-20) and it won't be until the return of Jesus that we will be delivered from this body of death (Rom. 7:24). To continually seek sin and use God's grace to excuse it later is to trample the blood of Christ underfoot (Heb. 10:29) and to reveal the person's true sinful, unsaved nature (1 John 2:4; 2:19). (Other verses worth checking out are: Heb. 12:14; 1 Pet. 1:14-16; and 1 Pet. 2:21-22.)
2007-10-18 06:06:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
jesus died as a result of being sentenced and found guilty in a court of law; he was not murdered. For his crime he was nailed to a cross with a thousand other criminals. He claimed to be God; which in that time was taken very seriously and they killed him.
Because they did take it that seriously and they had a law against it I have to assume it must have happened allot.
No special considerations where given to Jesus he was just another nut claiming to be god and everyone went on with there business.
Today we don't take the act of claiming that you are god as serious. We would lock them up and stick them in a padded room or light their compound on fire then storm it guns blazing.
Sin is dictated by the social environment not by god. In the days of Jesus slavery, sleeping and marrying your sister (moses), and a 30 year old marrying a 13 year old where all normal.
Today those things are considered bad. Today churches teach not to drink, women can teach in church, and its about a warm fuzzy. Those are not in the bible. So really what is a sin?
2007-10-18 06:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nonsense, Jesus died to save us, but we have to repent of our sins! If we all were just free from sin then we wouldn't sin and everybody would go to heaven!
2007-10-18 06:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus died in our place, he was the perfect sacrifice for sin. We need to repent of our sin and believe he is our savor. Only then can you have a personal relationship with God who becomes your Father.
2007-10-18 06:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes,IF you accept and believe that it is true. Then you are free, but that is not a liscence to sin more and if you really humbled yourself sinning is no longer something you intend to do although you will struggle with it the rest of your life. You will have the power from God to choose differently.
2007-10-18 06:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by Connie D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salvation is available to all who want it. The devils who jumped into the swine and ran over the cliff recognized that Jesus was Lord, yet they did not choose salvation. You have to act, be obedient to God's commandments to have the atonement become complete in yoru life.
So, we can become free of sin, if we choose to live that way. Christ made it possible for us to do so. It is called repentence.
2007-10-18 06:03:34 · answer #7 · answered by Kerry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we are imperfect, we still sin. What it means is that we can pray to our Father Jehovah through Jesus. It also means that he paid a ransom. He gave his perfect life in exchange for us. If we are TRULY sorry, and we try to live our life according to the Bible, Gods Word, then we have the hope of having the reward that God has promised us. This is life forever in a Paradise. This is what Jesus sacrifice has given us. Imagine how hard it must have been for Jehovah seeing his son go through the torment he did, knowing he HAD to the power to stop it. Yet, Jehovah loves humans so much, he allowed this to happen. He knew after 3 days he could bring his son back to life and give all of mankind a chance of what he originally purposed when he put Adam and Eve here on Earth which was life forever in Paradise. This also fits Jehovahs personality because the Bible tells us that God can not lie. Well in by allowing this to happen, it makes way for all mankind to have a chance at Jehovahs original purpose, and his orginal purpose is what he will see comes to be. Jesus humbly lowered himself to mans image to make this sacrifice for man also. He had been in heaven with his father for an UNTOLD length of time, imagine the closeness they had. Truly, this shows they love they have for us.
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2007-10-18 06:01:07 · answer #8 · answered by Learn about the one true God 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-15 03:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by kieck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus died to save us from sin in the sense that we have the chance to be saved. Because before we sined to much that even if we repented we woulf still be sinners. But now, thanks to Jesus we have the chance to repent.
2007-10-18 06:04:58 · answer #10 · answered by BIG C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋