If it wasn't for Judas would Christ have
died on the cross which saved me from my sins?
Not exact matches
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.
God understands this
which is why he became part man and
died on the
cross for us,
Also, as a side note, Joshua didn't
die on the
cross; he was given a solution of Mandrake and vinager
which acted like a paralytic; the Roman centurian who pierced him with his spear, only did it to see if he would move, not to kill him.
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.
So, for example, if your hear a pastor saying, «You have to take up your
cross daily and follow Jesus in order to go to heaven when you
die,» you can look in the text he is preaching from (maybe Matthew 16:24 - 26 or Luke 9:23 - 26), and see that Jesus is talking about saving your life (
which is NOT the same thing as receiving eternal life) by living in a profitable way here
on earth (cf. Luke 9:24 - 25).
The punishment will be much more severe for those who trample Jesus» act of love by
dying on the
cross,
which was much more precious the Moses» law..
When I survey the wondrous
cross On which the Prince of Glory died My richest gain I count as loss and pour contempt on all my pri
On which the Prince of Glory
died My richest gain I count as loss and pour contempt
on all my pri
on all my pride
Why would Jesus have
died on a
cross to pay the eternal penalty of sin if He was going to continue that we practice what Catholics call «penance»
which no matter how you slice it, means «punishment».
Hebrews 6 is teaching the impossibility of losing your salvation because if you could lose it Jesus would have to
die on the
cross again to save you again
which isn't going to happen because His death
on the
cross is a once for all time finished worked.
For example, Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine in the fourth century, claimed to verify her discovery of the
cross on which Jesus had
died by placing it against the bodies of sick people and watching, when she did so, their immediate recovery.
Because the death of Jesus
on the
cross was the very fact that sparked off the development
which led to the Easter message, it came to determine the more precise meaning of the exaltation of Jesus in a way that had no parallel in the tradition of Elijah, for he was thought never to have
died.
Man is not perfect,
which is why Christ had to
die on the
cross for our sins.
A century later Rudolf Bultmann was to detheologize such a historical reductionism by saying that the only thing of
which one can be historically certain is that Jesus
died on the
cross under Pontius Pilate.
Finally, a human life without the
cross,
which means
dying to self and to our own plans and notions of God and of our life here
on earth, is a worldly life, not a Christian life.
... God put selfishness in its place when He lived as a man, was sentanced to death as a man, was beated ruthlessly by horror loving men as a man, all to make sure that they put Him
on the
cross, as a man, by
which He
died there as a man.
Zechariah 12:10 predicts the «piercing» of the Messiah,
which occurred after Jesus
died on the
cross.
Each interpretation presupposed a particular pattern of eschatological outlook; and it is clear that the earliest Christology was really, as the term suggests, an eschatology, in
which the central figure was the same — the risen, glorified Christ who had lived and talked and done mighty works in Galilee but had
died on a
cross outside Jerusalem, who was now at the right hand of God, and was soon to come in glory to inaugurate the New Age.
The term is (mis) used to encompass several religions in
which the major tenet of faith is that Jesus is the Christ, he is the one and only Son of God, born of a union between the virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit
which IS God and Jesus lived a sinless life as a man, judged to be guilty of all sin,
died on the
cross at Calvary, and rose again the third day.
Its uniqueness is sharply illustrated by the sign
which it used, at first that of a
cross, and then of a man
dying crucified
on the
cross, sometimes transformed, reigning triumphant from it, sometimes shown
dying an agonised death.
I think of Jesus» atonement
on the
cross as that
which saves all who by faith identify with his
dying and rising.
i long with you david... and i myself stumble in my own awkward efforts toward freedom, and as you said, we know the fact is that it is scary to move into freedom... because it is unknown... but i see so many
on this newfound road to freedom get trapped in the liminal space of wish - fullfillment community (
which actually rather looks like affinity rather than the hard - won community that comes from communitas)... i'm sure this is going to come off the wrong way, but i'm going to say it anyway: many of the comments seem to be «all about me», and truly that is what religion is... but not freedom, not the mission of Jesus where you
die to yourself by taking up your
cross daily... not being centered
on the «other» rather than yourself...
As He hung
on the
cross,
dying for sins He did not commit, slandered for doing what He did not do, and suffering great pain
which He wrongly received, He said, «Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.»
But when Christ
died on the
cross, the veil
which separated man from God in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
Five minutes later and after getting
on the end of a Werner
cross Die Roten skipper Christian Genter glanced in a header
which fell into the grateful arms of Kraft as the men from Swabia continued their early domination of the match.
Dads Ghost was wearing the same clothes Dad was wearing the last time I saw him
which was at breakfast
on the day he
died when I made him
cross because I wanted the PlayStation.
Left to
die in an abandoned barn, the greyhound found by the late Celia Cross in 1970 may have
crossed Rainbow Bridge many years ago, but the legacy of Ms. Cross's love for the dog she dubbed Lucky lives
on at the Celia Cross Greyhound Trust,
which rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes approximately 150 abused or abandoned greyhounds each year.
At first I thought he would magically recover from the beating but at the end of the scene you'll see the cartoon - like
crosses on his eyes
which marks that he
died.
If you could get in heaven because of your good deeds, why would JESUS had to have gone to the
cross, you will not go to hell because you sinned, the bible says we all have sinned, you will go for rejecting GODS free gift, his son, JESUS, SEE, HE TOOK YOUR PLACE IF YOU EXCEPT HIS OFFER BUT IF NOT YOU PAY FOR ALL YOUR SINS, KIND OF LIKE COURT, BETTER TO TAKE AN ATTORNEY THAN REPRESENT YOURSELF, sorry for caps, GOD loved you so much he sent his son to
die for you as payment for sin, you will answer to GOD for everything you do, JESUS lived a perfect life
which was accepted by GOD for payment of sins, thats up to you if you except it, is bible vs man made religions, thats alot of commeon since, there are man made laws you go by or suffer for, plus, there are so many religions you can make one up to best suit you, it do nt work that way, plus, excepting JESUS is the best way to heaven, why would you think you caould live perfect your whole life, you cant, the devil will use religion to lead as many people away from CHRIST as he can, even in the garden, eve was decieved.if the bible is not true than no man has anyright to even say whats right or wrong, things some people do they think is fine and so
on, is stealing your car wrong, why, who said, and why are they right, think about it, salvation is simple, man makes it hard, other religions say you have to earn it, fine, if they live that good, they should except JESUS, why not except him, my way is through JESUS, if thats wrong, what have i lost, other ways are thru something or anything else, what if they are wrong, high price to pay for opinion, what if your son took someoneles punishment, and it cost him his life, how would you feel, think about GODS feelings, you cant take a few verses from man religion and get anywhere, read the bible, if you believe theres a GOD in heaven, please do nt reject his son, all very good questions, thanks, i do nt want to be a problem, i just want you to be in heaven someday, i cant be good enough to there there
on my own, so i looked to the perfect one, JESUS, you do nt worked to get saved, you work because you are savd.you get get back out in sin and backslide, but, if your really saved, the LORD lives inside you, it will bother you to do certain things, but you can get numb to it, plus, the bible says, you are not your own, you were bought with a price, JESUS BLOOD, free to you but cost him his life, GOD will chastise for repeated sin, you are his child, just like with your children, spend some time alone with GOD, ask him to show you, would love to talk to you guys over phone, i cant type, you can tell, theres so much more i can say please call me [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED] or email is [EMAILREMOVED]