Doesn't that defeat the purpose of Jesus
dying on the cross in the first place?
Too much of Christianity thinks that Jesus
died on the cross in order to pay off God and appease the wrath of God so that God could love us once again.
Not exact matches
In his first - century context, Jesus engaged in active, non-violent, political resistance against that oppression, and he died on a Roman cross because of i
In his first - century context, Jesus engaged
in active, non-violent, political resistance against that oppression, and he died on a Roman cross because of i
in active, non-violent, political resistance against that oppression, and he
died on a Roman
cross because of it.
More than 5,000 migrants, many escaping civil war
in Syria, have
died over the past 18 months while trying to
cross from North Africa, often
on flimsy rubber dinghies or crowded fishing boats.
Just think of him, hanging
on that
cross, with nails pounded into his wrists and ankles (not hands and feet like you christurds think), and a lance wound
in his side, and he's
dying and suffering and since he's god — he can look down through time and then he sees YOU, Sheila, doing what he expressly told you NOT to do, and you made his suffering just THAT MUCH GREATER.
If you have faith
in Jesus and accept his sacrifice
on the
cross where he
died for my and your sins, you will be saved and you can enjoy God's presence eternally.
Though we may still sin every single day, Jesus Christ — the Son of God — came to earth to
die on the
cross so that we may be forgiven through faith
in Him.
Believe with all your heart that God send his only beggoten son Jesus
on the
cross to
die for your sins and was raise 3 days later for our justification, if you believe that and ask him to forgive you and save you he will all you need is to have faith
in him and ask him to save you.
and while being reviled, He did not revile
in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; and He Himself bore our sins
in His body
on the
cross, so that we might
die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
Given that he rejected the Holy Spirit... it's obvious that he was wrong, and they'll as Mohammed said, have to answer for all their sins... to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...
in that they reject Jesus
dying on the
cross for their sins.
OTOH, disregarding denominations, 33 % of the world population believes Christiantiy
in one form or another, where Jesus was born of Mary, with God using the Holy Spirit to form him within her, and Jesus using the Holy Spirit later,
dying on the
cross, and then giving the Holy Spirit to the Apostles after ascending to heaven.
Christians,
on the other hand, believe that we will be
in the presence of God the Father and Jesus Christ solely by our faith
in Christ and what He alone did by
dying on the
cross and rising again
on the third day, so we believe it is a free gift of God and it doesn't just come after all we can do as Mormons believe.
Just as
in later days Jesus would not threaten his tormentors but pray for them while hanging
on the
cross, here too we can recognize the nonviolent fruit of every martyrdom: «Thus he too
died undefiled, putting all his trust
in the Lord» (2 Mac 7:40).
And as Jesus told them, his seed, people believing him then, the 12 apostles, that would grow like a mustard seed
in to a huge tree... which it did, 33 % of the 7 billion people
on the planet believe Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit, performed miracles using the Holy Spirit, and later sent the Holy Spirit to the followers after
dying on the
cross and raising again
on the 3rd day of being
in the hands of sinful men.
Mozart was divinely destined to
die young, an impossible prodigy appearing and vanishing like a flash of lightning
crossing the heavens, while it was ordained from everlasting that Haydn should enjoy a serene longevity
in which to unfold his genius; Keats grown old would have been a drastic error of taste
on the part of providence, while it was absolutely necessary that Wordsworth begin as a «lyrical» radical but end up a withered Tory sage penning sonorous banalities.
Wasn't it Judas who
died on the
cross mistaken for Jesus being
in his cloth?
He did not
die on the
cross, he was taken down and put
in the tomb of a rich man.
4 — I believe anyone who has accepted Jesus Christ as the Son of God, who
died on the
cross and rose again, as their savior will spend eternity
in splendor.
that whosoever believeth
in him should not perishbut have eternal life (he's god — he makes the rules - he could have done this without the whole
dieing on the
cross thing)
Hell is simply being
in the presence of God, without accepting the forgiveness He freely gave you when He
died on Calvary's
cross.
But, then they don't have
crosses anywhere
in their churches because they believe He is alive and don't wish to dwell
on the crucifixion and him
dying on the
cross.
What if the reality is «religion» — which unfortunately a large part of the church has become —
died on the
cross, and was re-birthed as the Bride
in the resurrection: they just haven't figured it out yet.
He suffered
in Gethsemane,
died on the
cross, and was resurrected and will come again.
I am a practicing Mormon and we believe that Jesus
died on the
cross to atone for our sins and make it possible to return to live with him
in the next life.
«What does it matter», he wrote
in October, «if 2,000 years ago Christ
died on the
cross and was resurrected if we are not constantly resurrected to the truth, anew, moment to moment?»
In effect, Ally admits that Jesus was put on the cross, but that he did not die on the cross, and therefore the koranic and biblical accounts are, to some degree, in harmon
In effect, Ally admits that Jesus was put
on the
cross, but that he did not
die on the
cross, and therefore the koranic and biblical accounts are, to some degree,
in harmon
in harmony.
Just want you to know that what Jesus did was not done
in the fathers presence either, at the point he was about to
die on the
cross the father had turned away and Jesus knew he hung there alone at one point.
in the bible it says that ever person has to be educated that Jesus
died on the
cross for our sins and that would be really unbelievable that very one knows so the end is not here.:)
And that he
died still teaching and still trusting
in the darkness of this possible absurdity is clear:
on the
cross, we are told, he said: «Into your hands I commend my spirit.»
Tomorrow we will look at how to understand the tenth plague
in light of Jesus Christ
dying on the
cross.
Regarding Jesus, I believe that Jesus was God
in the flesh, that He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life,
died on the
cross, and rose again from the dead.
God looks guilty
in Israelite history
in the same way that Jesus looks guilty
dying on the
cross.
God wants humanity to understand that nothing and nobody is beyond the scope of His redemptive purposes, and so by sending Jesus as the fulfillment of the most violent of religious texts, God not only revealed Himself by way of a stark contrast to that violence, but also showed how to reinterpret and understand those violent events
in light of the self - sacrificial God
dying on the
cross for the sins of the whole world.
Jesus, innocent though He was, willingly obeyed and
died on the
cross,
in that place of utmost degradation and abandonment.
We can derive some comfort from George Bernard Shaw's bon mot, «The last Christian
died on the
cross,» for there is a certain absolution
in realizing that we all fall pitifully short.
He came into the world and
died a sacrificial death
on the
cross so that those who believe
in Him would be saved (John 3:16).
Ur
in a complete mess Jesus proved he is god how could he be deceiving us and
dying for us
on the
cross you need to read the bible he proved he is the truth and the light seriously get help..
Song:
In Christ Alone Author: Keith Getty and Stuart Townend Problem line: «Till
on that
cross, as Jesus
died, The wrath of God was satisfied...»
As our subst.itute, «He Himself bore our sins
in His body
on the
cross, so that we might
die to sin and live to righteousness» (1 Peter 2:24); «He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God» (Hebrews 10:12; cf. Ephesians 1:7; 4:32; 1 John 2:1 — 2).
Yes, Jesus
died on the
cross, and yes, it is there
in Jesus that God dealt with our sin.
The sooner we own up to this fact, the sooner we can start dealing with it honestly, and trying to understand the Old Testament violence of God
in light of Jesus Christ
dying on the
cross.
If a person believes that Jesus
died on the
cross for their sins, and rose again from the dead, but don't believe that by faith
in Jesus they have life that can never be lost, are they justified?
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.
We are to model our lives after Christ, the Son of God, who though he was God's very equal, came to earth, was born
in an animal's feeding stall and
died on a
cross.
And, most importantly, to take all of that sin and pain and brokenness
in the world onto his body and
die on the
cross for us, because He loves us, unconditionally, so that we can have a relationship with Him.
You may end your sermon with an altar call for commitment by saying, «Jesus
died on the
cross for our sins and
in our place.
I believe that the redemptive work of Jesus was so powerful that when He
died on the
cross and rose again from the dead, everything
in heaven and
on earth was swept up
in His wake, was drawn after His lead, and was pulled onward and inward toward Him.
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.
So Christians, let us follow our atheist friends
in denying the existence of this false god of power, money, bloodshed, and violence, and instead call people to believe
in the enemy - loving, all - forgiving God who is found
in Jesus Christ
dying on the
cross.
As Jesus was
dying on the
cross, he look towards the sky, and
in a loud voice screamed, Scotty, beam me up you son of a bytch.