Why Would Jesus Have to Die on the Cross?

Question

why does anyone have to die for our sins when God, the All-Merciful, could as easily give us forgiveness if we ask for it? Isn't God the one who makes the rules? Why does He have to make someone suffer for our sins or for someone else's sins? Isn't that unjust of Him? According to the Bible the way to redemption could be obtained without the need for sacrifice. The Bible says:
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Answer 1

hello, according to islam Jesus peice be upon him, did die but they think they killed him ( confused about killing him), Jesus is a life and will come back

Answer 2

God may be all merciful, but he also maintains a system of perfect justice.

Without such a system, the accumulated error in the universe, due to all causes, would result in it's collapse, in short order.

Your take on the bible is absolutely wrong. Your passage actually looks to the future, after the Messiah has already come.

Jesus is the righteousness of the righteous, who perfectly atoned for the sins of the wicked, reconciling man with God.

Everything in the bible points to the necessity of the Messiah and his one, time, once for all, perfect sacrifice, which fortunately, is our present day reality.

Nothing else could possible have been sufficient.

Answer 3

The payment for sin was always a blood sacrifice, even in Old Testament times. God allowed for an animal substitute rather than human, but this was only a temporary measure.

Jesus the Messiah's death and shed blood was the way God planned. Just because we can't fully answer *why* doesn't mean it isn't so -- God's ways are so high above our ways, and his understanding high above our understanding.

There is no other way to attain salvation, except through Jesus Christ who shed his blood and became the perfect sacrifice on our behalf, yours and mine.

God is never unjust, but God does have a standard, and nothing short of absolute purity and perfection will do. There is no amount of good works that we can do that will ever make us good enough to stand before God on the day of judgment -- nothing we can humanly do that would ever make us perfect by God's standards.

But the death of Jesus Christ alone washes all sin from us, and allows us to stand before God pure and holy in his sight.

God loves us so much that even though we-- you and I, are sinners, he sent Jesus to die for us.

Answer 4

Let's begin by understanding the term soul; this means a fleshly being. The information you may need to understand concept of sin can be found in the section of the King James version of the Old Testament You will see in the days of Abraham where animals without blemish were used as a sacrifice for the sin of the people. As the world grew in it's sinful nature ("human nature that is") the power of sin was so great that there remained only one way to use a sacrifice and this was to use a human without blemish (Jesus). There is nothing sinful about humans only the power which propells us into living and this is human nature,and the main reason why is because human nature is "blind!" Counselor W.I.U.66

Answer 5

Well in the case of the Ezekiel scripture what it means is that the person committing the sin is responsible to God for it.

But in the salvation message all of us sinned when our first parents Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command.. God said they would die. And the life of any living animal or man is in the blood. A replacement for a man's life would be needed so that is why an animal sacrifice was done instead. God is the one that showed man this when he gave Adam and Eve skins of animals to cover themselves with. .

Before Adam and Eve sinned the devil revolted in heaven and took one third of the angels with him.

God is a holy God and he does not allow sin into heaven at all. The sacrifice for sin was done by animals in Judaism yearly for the people of Israel. Even pagan customs did this to appease their gods but the first incident was between
God and Adam and Eve. But when Jesus Christ came he became the perfect sacrifice for sin.

Now no one has to suffer for their sins eternally. And this was a plan long before man or the universe was created.

I hope this helps.

Answer 6

Lucifer and 1/3 of the angels were kicked out of heaven and placed on this Earth... satan is now able to run around this Earth and try to decieve souls... Jesus came to sacrifice himself inorder for us to be able to see TRUTH! Jesus had to die for our sins so that we could be forgiven and be able to be with the Lord. Why, because back in the B.C. times you would have to sacrifice an animal so insteaed He basically came to sacrifice His life, so we will be able to chose our eternity... this is what Ezekiel verse is getting at Ezekiel 18:
20 The person who sins is the one who will die. The child will not be punished for the parent’s sins, and the parent will not be punished for the child’s sins. Righteous people will be rewarded for their own righteous behavior, and wicked people will be punished for their own wickedness.

Answer 7

I use to wonder this when I was younger. I mean God makes the rules right? Why not just forgive without having to be crucified to forgive sins. I think the point was that God is just. Justice is an attribute of God and cannot be loopholed. Punishment is required for sin. It always has been. Otherwise, God would not be just. If he were not just...he would not be God.

That is one of those things that I kind of put up there with "kind of get it", "probably beyond our comprehension", and "I don't guess I need to understand it"

Answer 8

Even when God does grant forgiveness of any sin or sins, they have been paid for or sacrificed for by someone. God is just and His mercy is given justly, that is someone paid a price for the mercy that we receive.
When we were found in the state of sin, that sin was towards the one (just another human being) that we did wrong to and also on the same token to life itself, and so to its author and owner, so not just to that man but to God too.
So, we sin to Him (God) each time we practice sin.
a sin is great as much as the one to whom we sin towards.
So our sins are at the level of God Himself, and so it takes a sacrifice at His level to pay for the sins made to Him.
What sacrifice is at the level of God except God himself in a body that has a life that can be taken away and given up as a sacrifice, that is, Jesus, God in the flesh.

Answer 9

When you understand justice, you will understand why. God cannot lie or break His word. He is a just God. If he gives a command, there is a punishment attached for disobedience. were He to break His decree for punishment and extend mercy, He would NOT be a just God. He would be a liar. And cease to be God.

The justice of God cannot be denied. Mercy cannot rob justice of that which is His own. That is why there must be one who is willing to pay the debt. Someone who is already free. If there is one who is willing to take the consequences for another, than justice can be satisfied, and mercy can be extended.

Without the Atonement and resurrection of Christ we could not be redeemed from death or sin.

Answer 10

God send Jesus to us to bring us His New Covenant, THE NEW TESTAMENT; To Love one another unconditionally. Jesus had to die on the cross so the prophecy's could be fulfilled.
Correct, redemption can be obtained without the need for sacrifice. Jesus was the last Lamb for sacrifice for our sins. Through Jesus Christ blood our ransom for our sins have been paid. This is why sacrificial rituals are not required like it was practiced in the Old Testament. Because Jesus died for our sins, all we need to do to obtain redemption is to believe and praise in Jesus Christ as Our Lord Savior and the Son of God.

GOD BLESS! AMEN! SHALOM!

GOD BLESS! AMEN! SHALOM!

Answer 11

According to the Bible sacrifice was just about the most important law in the old testament. Surely you do not claim sacrifice was not needed!!!! Ever hear of the law of Moses? There were MILLIONS of sacrifices in old testament and they all pointed to the sacrifice that would be made by Christ.

I find it interesting you ask the same question 5 times.