2007-12-21 06:42:07 · 16 answers · asked by God Still Speaks Through His Word! 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
John 12
46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
47And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
2007-12-21 06:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by pwwatson8888 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He didn't come to judge. He came to seek & to save those who are lost! There will be weeping & gnashing of teeth! He will come in these last days to judge. Then every knee will bow & every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father!!! Haleleujah! AMEN! Praise God & the wonderful things He was, is, & will be doing!
2007-12-21 06:50:06 · answer #2 · answered by Mark K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one, He came to Earth to die on the cross so that we as sinners might be saved ! Those of us who have invited him into our hearts as our lord and savior will be reunited with him in the air and taken up into heaven during the rapture !
2007-12-21 06:51:27 · answer #3 · answered by lonewolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said the following two quotes...
"For judgment I am come into this world." (John 9:39)
"I came not to judge the world" (John 12:47)
So which is it? Well, first, the words judgment and judge are different Greek words. The word "judgment" from John 9:39 is "krima" which is akin to examining the evidence before pronouncing sentence, but coming to a conclusion. The word "judge" from John 12:47 is "krino" which means to pronounce sentence after evidence has been examined. Both words are used in Matthew 7:2. When rendered with proper translation, we would read...
"For with what conclusion you come to after the examination of the evidence you pronounce sentence, you too will be sentenced accordingly."
However, the real key to our understanding is in the context of each passage. In John 9, the Pharisees were so angry at the testimony of the healed blind man that they "excommunicated" him. Basically, they condemned him by throwing him out of the synagogue in vs.34 (no longer able to return). Jesus then came to let him know that mortal man's "excommunication" tactics are meaningless. Like the error of the Catholic Church, the threat of excommunication goes contrary to scripture. When the healed blind man worshiped Jesus, He revealed him the real purpose of His coming. "For division of the evil from the righteous I have come into this world. To separate those who can spiritually see from those who are spiritually blind." This kind of judgment is confirmed with the parable of the wheat and tares (Matt 13:30) and the dividing of the sheep and the goats (Matt 25:32).
Now let us look at the context of John 12:47.
"I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day."
After evidence has proven that a person refused to believe in Jesus; then, when the final judgment takes place, that person will be condemned by his own decision to ignore or reject his Word of redemption. But that is LATER, after His second coming is over and done. On His first coming, the Messiah had come to bring salvation. This can be seen in the 70 week prophecy of Daniel (Da 9:24) where Messiah's first coming was to "bring an end to sins". So when Jesus said within the context of the verses above, He is essentially saying, "My first coming is not to pronounce condemnation on the world, but to save it from the condemnation that is to come later."
This can be clearly seen when Jesus opened up His ministry at the Nazareth synagogue. He read a Messianic prophecy concerning His first coming, but Jesus stopped at a comma. What was after that comma? "and the day of vengeance of our God".
So the complete answer to this supposed contradiction, as seen in the context, is that Jesus' first coming was to examine the evidence within the heart of man and to provide a pardon through salvation to all who believe and ask for it. He did not come to condemn, but to provide a way out of the coming condemnation.
2007-12-21 06:45:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus HATES "Christmas" (Jeremiah 10:4, KJV). I as quickly as wrote a chew of writing, "I Hate Christmas, and that i do no longer Care Who is familiar with It." Christmas has easily no longer something to do with Jesus! it is rooted in pagan feasts, collectively with yuletide (Norse) and Saturnalia (Roman).
2016-10-09 01:24:24 · answer #5 · answered by abe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He came to judge no man. He only did what the Father told him to do.
2007-12-21 06:45:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ha! Fig Trees! That;s some funny sheister! ROTFLMAO!
He came to judge the believers...
Funny, that's the same reason I'm here.
2007-12-21 08:37:13 · answer #7 · answered by John Galt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He came to save us even if we weren't born yet because in the bible in John 3:16 He said ,For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son to die for our sins.
2007-12-21 06:48:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The first time wasn't about judgment - it was about reconcilition and the offer of complete forgiveness - the second time will be.
2007-12-21 06:45:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He didn't come to judge people.
2007-12-21 06:48:02 · answer #10 · answered by paula r 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋