The thief on the cross, only asked forgiveness and acknowledged
Jesus death on the cross, for himself.
The Old Testiment prophets even predicted
Jesus death on the cross, and Jesus died intentionally so as to be the final and last sacrifice needed.
Am I missing something, Jeremy, are you saying
Jesus death on the cross was NOT in God's plan?
The gospel is about
Jesus death on the cross for our sins, his burial, and his resurrection confirmed to be true by the many witnesses.
I think that Jesus original intention that this would be a highly religious Spiritual meal together, where they remembered
Jesus death on the cross for their sins.
Without
Jesus death on the cross and rising from the dead we would have never had the forgiveness of sins nor the Christian religion.
If they are truly saved, and with an honest heart, have accepted
Jesus death on the cross, and are baptised and living the new life in C - h - r - i - s - t... they have nothing to fear.
Not exact matches
Mormons can get saved only by trusting in the atoning
death of the Divine Savior
Jesus on the
cross for the remission of sins, not in their good works, for humanity's good works can not redeem a single soul.
Most simply believe
Jesus»
death was an illusion (and some even believe that Judas Iscariot was mistaken for
Jesus on the
cross).
As I mentioned in my first response to Bell's having come out of the closet, the purpose of
Jesus»
death on the
cross was to put away sin — not to grant license to sin.
God the Father turned His face away from His Son when He suffered
on the
cross (which was the worst type of
death, reserved for the worst sinners in those days), when
Jesus carried the curse of all of mankinds sins (past, present and future) and wrath of God because of those sins.
There is a popular interpretation of this passage, in conjunction with the Apostles» Creed, that
Jesus, after His
death on the
cross, descended into Hades / Hell / prison to preach to spirits there.
We all fall short and deserve
death, but because of what
Jesus did
on the
cross 2,000 years ago, we are able to have life.
They delivered
Jesus to his
death on the
cross.
But the
death of
Jesus on the
cross is God's serious answer.
It is acquiescence to the impenetrable mystery of God, an acquiescence to whatever of God the
death of
Jesus on the
cross is meant to reveal.
But once
Jesus realizes that this is somehow the will of the father, he assents to
death, even
on a
cross.
Proof of
Jesus»
death on the
cross is part of recorded history, not just in the Bible.
Pastor Mark is very loud and outspoken about our need to repent and accept
Jesus Christ's
death on the
cross as our payment for our sins.
That said, there are eye witnesses that went to their
deaths saying that they saw
Jesus die
on a
cross, and saw him again days later alive, then later still saw him raise up into heaven, all the while proclaiming he is the Son of God sent to do that for others sins so they could be saved.
Generally, they include the following in their gospel definition: - human sinfulness - the deity of
Jesus - the
death of
Jesus on the
cross for our sins - the resurrection of
Jesus - the necessity of faith in
Jesus to receive eternal life
Nearly all Christians know that the blood of the lamb is later used to symbolize the sacrificial
death of
Jesus on the
cross for us.
Such a severe penalty leaves room for God's grace and mercy (totally underserved) for those who believe in
Jesus sacrificial
death on the
cross at Calvary and His redemptive resurrection.
Victory over
death has been won for us by Christ
on the
cross: «In the context of Christian faith, the drama of evolution merges inseparably with the (abysmal)
death and (grounding) resurrection of
Jesus and, in him, with the eternal drama that is the Trinitarian life of God.»
They are to be agents of the forgiveness of sins which flows from
Jesus Christ's
death on the
cross and his resurrection victory.
The
death of
Jesus on the
cross is the pinnacle and apex of the incarnation.
As we saw earlier from Philippians 2, it is this aspect of the incarnation — the
death of
Jesus on the
cross — where
Jesus most fully reveals God to us.
Bieber said: «Easter is not about a bunny, it's a reminder that my
Jesus died
on the
cross for my sins and then rose from the dead defeating
death!»
And it is a model that, rather than reinforcing hierarchal relationships, should point us in the opposite direction — to the radical humility and servanthood of
Jesus, who did not see power as something to grasp, but humbled himself and became submissive to the point of
death on a
cross.
Haught clearly sees
Jesus»
death on the
cross as a natural event in the order of creation.
Most Christians believe that the
death of
Jesus on the
cross was a good thing.
In response to the central point of Romans 3, which is that God freely justifies those who trust his faithfulness, as he vindicated the righteousness of
Jesus» trust of him, even unto
death on a
cross, by raising him from the dead, the question that arises is: «Is God righteous to justify simply
on the basis of trust in his faithfulness?
Jesus went to the
cross out of love, to rescue us from sin,
death, and devil, but since the Gospels (or the rest of the New Testament for that matter) don't place much emphasis
on the blood of
Jesus or the pain He went through
on the
cross, maybe we shouldn't either.
The solution is the undeserved substitutional
death of
Jesus on the
cross.
This is one reason why
Jesus was able to offer forgiveness of sins to people who had not yet made the «Temple - suggested sacrifice» and He was offering this forgiveness chronologically prior to His
death on the
cross.
So before we can talk about what exactly
Jesus fulfilled through his sacrificial
death on the
cross, we must understand what the sacrificial system was for.
When the thief
on the
cross says, «
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom» (Luke 23:42), the moment is a decisive break with the values of the other thief, and a definitive statement of faith in the face of
death — not just his own, but
Jesus» too.
If a person must believe in the
death and resurrection of
Jesus, do they have to believe that it was by the shedding of blood of
Jesus on the
cross that sins are forgiven, or can they just believe that it was simply His
death that was sufficient?
From this contradiction they escaped in part by claiming that
Jesus» divine nature or messiahship descended
on him at his baptism and left him just before his
death on the
cross.
If they believe that
Jesus Christ died
on the
cross for the sins of all mankind, and if they believe that three days after his
death,
Jesus Christ rose from the dead and if they believe all of these things, but don't believe in
Jesus for eternal life, that person is not saved.
In all that
Jesus said and did, in his
death on the
cross and in the living presence of Christ, a promise of victory over sin through the forgiving love of God is brought to us.
So we can use these aspects of the resurrection story as Christian Myth as long as we use them to point to and symbolize the Christian understanding that
Jesus was victorious
on the
cross and survived
death.
As we look at Genesis 2:16 - 17, we will be talking about
Jesus Christ and Him crucified and how His
death on the
cross reveals something about the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
It always involves
Jesus»
death on the
cross for our sin and in our place.
As Christians, our most «deeply held religious belief» is that
Jesus Christ died
on the
cross for sinful people, and that in imitation of that, we are called to love God, to love our neighbors, and to love even our enemies to the point of
death.
There wasn't a golden nugget, the «true
Jesus», the «true Self», preserved from
death on the
cross.
SEAN do you know
death came into the world because of one mans sin (ADAM) SEAN thats why
JESUS had to come to earth in human form and die
on the
cross for our sin so that we could be reconciled back to GOD.
What we claim is that the person of
Jesus of Nazareth survived the
death of his body
on the
cross and made himself known to some of his disciples.
I also am quite proud to be the owner of the Holy Beer Helmet Of Golgotha, which
Jesus wore to drink beer while awaiting
death on the
cross.
It is
on the
cross that
Jesus put to
death the violent portrayal of God in the Old Testament and revealed once and for all that God is not like that.