If by God is meant the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, who redeems his children by the atonement and
sacrifice of his Son Jesus Christ according to the predestined plan of salvation revealed in the Bible and ascribed to by the Christian churches, then the answer obviously is No — Schweitzer does not believe in God.
Not exact matches
But the key is to respond positively for this great unconditional
sacrifice and demonstration
of such a great love by God himself — the author
of love and forgiveness — through his
Son Jesus Christ.
Regarding your second fold, God Himself is unchanging; it is out
of His Grace that He kept renewing His Covenants with man who could not keep and broke them until He (God) made the «Ultimate Provision» for our redemption by the «Ultimate
Sacrifice»
of His only begotten
Son, the «Passion
of the Lord
Jesus Christ,» the «New Covenant,» the «Good News» — Salvation, hence, the method
of redemption is what changed.
The grace
of the father in heaven is the offering
of his
son Jesus as a
sacrifice for us all.
Mormons worship
Jesus Christ as the Savior and Redeemder
of the world, the only begotten
Son of God, and the only being capable
of performing the necessary
sacrifice that enables us to be forgiven when we repent.
Abraham was willing to
sacrifice his only
son of promise at the very site where
Jesus was crucified many years later.
How can a book, even the Book, substitute for the clear and concrete symbolism
of sacrifice on the part
of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
Son of God, who became flesh and suffered on the cross for our sake?
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils
of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious
son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in
Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (
Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal
sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow
Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (
Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws
of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (
Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with
Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (
Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (
Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins
of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
There is only one thing that makes one a Christian: belief in the atoning
sacrifice of Gods
Son Jesus Christ on our behalf.
There is only one
Jesus Christ, and Mormons believe that He is the
Son of God, the Savior
of the world, and that it is only through Him and his love and
sacrifice for us that we can be saved.
Hence
Jesus Christ,
son of God,
son of man, is able to make the
sacrifice on account
of men, and all
of humanity, even though, as God he was the offended one.
Unlike the Christian god that wouldn't ever change his mind or doctrine... except for cursing the world for eating an apple... except for telling Abraham to
sacrifice his
son, but then stopping him... and except for killing nearly all life on Earth and then because of the guilt says I'll never to do that ever again - in exactly that way... and except for deciding that 2 of himself (Father and Spirit) weren't enough any more, and creating / fathering / spiriting as Son... and except for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe for the eating of an apple, by having his creation torture and kill his only begotten Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host of others... and except for... and except for
son, but then stopping him... and except for killing nearly all life on Earth and then because
of the guilt says I'll never to do that ever again - in exactly that way... and except for deciding that 2
of himself (Father and Spirit) weren't enough any more, and creating / fathering / spiriting as
Son... and except for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe for the eating of an apple, by having his creation torture and kill his only begotten Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host of others... and except for... and except for
Son... and except for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe for the eating
of an apple, by having his creation torture and kill his only begotten
Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host of others... and except for... and except for
Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses,
Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host
of others... and except for... and except for...
And then
Jesus said, «Human
sacrifice!!!! Who came up with this Neanderthal idea!!? How dare you bring shame onto the
Son of Man with this evil, vile, wicked, sickening, immoral piece
of Cro Magnon lunacy!!!
But, the point is, all 3 Persons
of the Trinity, The Father, The
Son, and the Holy Spirit, all agreed that the
Sacrifice of Jesus's blood was the only way for sin to be forgiven, and for the debt to be paid for, so we didn't have to face the judgment that our sins deserve, an eternity in a lake
of fire.
God, our Father in Heaven does not play aroud, He already
sacrificed His own
Son for the sake
of mankind,
Jesus offered Himself to die for us.
Read the Christian Greek Scriptures (or New Testament) and you will find that God has cast
of the Nation
of Israel for a new Israel, a Spiritual Israel, made up
of peoples
of all nations... the requirement being that they believe that
Jesus is the
Son of God, and that they believe in the Ransom
Sacrifice that He made for all the people
of the earth.
How was
Jesus» death a «
sacrifice», when an omnipotent being could just pop up a replacement
son any time with less than a snap
of his fingers?
Jesus, IN His divinity, takes up that position
of powerlessness and
sacrifice, and then through this position the Father gives Him the name that is above every other name so that at that name every knee shall worship God the
Son.
Jesus is the
son of God, whose coming was foreshadowed by the call for Isaac to be
sacrificed and by the many specific burnt offerings you mentioned.
But again the point
of Jesus dying isn't that God requires a
sacrifice but rather the point is that God loves us so much that he was willing to send His
son to die for us
You may be correct Jeremy but I have always known that God is good and just as
Jesus suffered and took the whole
of the workds sin on Himself so did His Father take on all the rebellion before His
Son paid the ultimate
sacrifice.
No, before
Jesus every one that commited a sin had to sacrife a sheep or alike depending on their situation and offer it to God, but since people constantly were commiting sins on the eyes
of God he planned sending his
son Jesus as the perfect
sacrifice for us and to save us for the eternity since as he is perfect in everything and the only way to get us close to God is by
Jesus and his love to all
of us not to go to hell but to proceed to repent and follow his commandments
Whether friend or foe, we all fall short
of the glory
of God The gift
of the
sacrifice of God's
son saved everyone who belives
Jesus died for all and resurrected from death., thereby defeating death
of the soul caused by sin Salvation can not be earned It is the gift
of God As for why God allowed the Egyptians to die, God saved his chosen people from certain death by killing those who would surely cause the same.
3)
Jesus was not just a blood
sacrifice to pacify Yahweh... he was the
Son of God incarnate... messiah that was prophesied in Gen 5... who resurrected three days after his death.
It would make more sense if
Jesus, a compassionate human being, offered himself to the blood - thursty God as a self -
sacrifice for the benefit
of all mankind, but the Christian understanding
of the mission God sent his
son on, and its purpose, is just wonky.
Most Christian movies are trying to present at least a portion
of the gospel (
Jesus was the
son of God, allowed himself to be killed as a
sacrifice for man's sins and was the first raised from the dead with a promise to raise all those who believed and accepted his
sacrifice).
Father was satisfied with
Jesus sacrifisce but NOT because Father would require blood and death
of an innocent
Son, but because Father's and
Son's love is so great that it was WILLING to endure and
sacrifice everything, even to die undeservingly and unjustly, in order to show us that love.
In your love and faithfulness redeem me, and make me a new creation, through my trust in Your
Son Jesus Christ, who bore my sins on the cross of Calvary that I may be cleansed and made righteous by His sacrifice, and accepted as your son / daughter through faith in H
Son Jesus Christ, who bore my sins on the cross
of Calvary that I may be cleansed and made righteous by His
sacrifice, and accepted as your
son / daughter through faith in H
son / daughter through faith in Him.
«Moreover, an atonement theology that says God
sacrifices his own
son in place
of humans who needed to be punished for their sins might make some Christians love
Jesus, but it is an obscene picture
of God.
And the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ upon the Cross dealt finally with the sin
of man, and made it possible for man, the prodigal
son, to enter again into the family circle
of the God, who is the loving Father and the holy King.
Never miss an opportunity to tell your child about our heavenly Father and the
sacrifice of His
Son,
Jesus Christ.