God came down as a man to
take upon Himself our sins to make us right with God, the Father.
We can look to Christ who
took upon himself our sin and pain.
So the basic christian story of some alleged but never proven god impregnating a virgin with himself so that his son can die and
take upon it the sins of all men is not true?
It also allows for a Holy God to maintain His standards as
He took upon Himself the sins on mankind.
Who suffered in Gethsemane,
taking upon himself your sins and mine, hung and died on a cross only to resurrect three days later.
He gave His life as a sacrifice;
taking upon Himself our sins.
Not exact matches
Jesus became
sin for us, he
took our
sin upon himself, and suffered hell
upon the cross.
This was a free decision by an adult to give his life and
take upon himself the consequence of
sin to set you free.
As John the Baptist said
upon seeing Jesus: «Behold, the Lamb of God who
takes away the
sins of the world!»
Christ is special because he was born to
take upon his being the
sins of those who were and then were also and of times yet to come!
Yet God covers our actions in His own blood, so that every time God looks like a lying, murderous, baby - killing, woman - raping bastard, it is because God has
taken the burden of human
sin upon His shoulders, and borne it away
upon His body into death.
He simply
took the
sins of the world
upon Himself so that He could conquer over
sin, death, and the devil by bearing them all into the grave.
It was so that He could defeat
sin, death, and devil by
taking all the violence
upon Himself without retaliating in any way, but forgiving and reconciling instead, thus showing the powerlessness and emptiness of the way of violence.
God answered this vital question by sending His Son, Jesus, as the fulfillment of the most violent religious writings, to show us that He had nothing to do with the violence, but was instead dying along with us in the midst of the violence,
taking our
sin and suffering
upon Himself, bearing our guilt and shame in His own being, all for the sake of those He loved.
According to Anselm, God found a way of escape by allowing Jesus to
take upon himself all the
sins of the world.
Once
sin entered the world through Adam, there was only way to defeat it, and that was for God to
take it
upon Himself, which He did in Jesus Christ.
As I understand it, Christ both
took our punishment (legal requirement) and absorbed the full force of
sin upon Himself (Christus Victor).
Jesus
took our
sin upon Himself so that we might gain His righteousness.
Their
sin cut them off irrevocably from God and so God decided to repair the damage done by sending his Son to
take that
sin upon himself and so restore human beings to righteousness.
When God looks violent in the Old Testament, it is not because He is violent, but because He is
taking the
sins of the world
upon Himself, just as Jesus did on the cross.
When I read you say this as your possible resolution: «When God looks violent in the Old Testament, it is not because He is violent, but because He is
taking the
sins of the world
upon Himself, just as Jesus did on the cross.»
What so you mean by God «is
taking the
sins of the world
upon Himself»?
On the cross, Jesus shows us what kind of God Yahweh is, and how Jesus came to rule and reign, not by might, nor by power, but by self - sacrificial service and
taking the
sins and guilt and blame of the entire world
upon Himself.
Too often we focus
upon the depth of our repentance rather than the depth of Gods love in rescuing us all, I read recently that repentance is not as much about saying sorry and turning from
sin as it is recognizing what it cost God to save us and that he was the one who
took the initiative and not us.
By
taking the
sin of the entire world
upon Himself, Jesus revealed that this is what Yahweh has always been doing throughout time and history.
Jesus
took our
sin upon himself.
If you are burdened by your
sin, and you are distressed about God's judgment coming
upon you,
take note of this word!
Jesus Christ
took your
sin upon his self and died the death you deserved.
In the Old Testament, when God looks like He is behaving in ways that do not match the nature and character of God as revealed in Jesus Christ, this is not because God is being deceptive, but because God is
taking the
sins of His people
upon Himself just as Jesus did on the cross.
It is not a lie for God to
take the
sins of His people
upon Himself.
The priest was to lay his hands
upon the scapegoat, symbolically passing all of Israel's
sins upon the goat, and then the goat was to be sent away into the wilderness, where it (presumably) died,
taking all the
sins of Israel with it into the grave.
God is not lying to
take the
sins of Israel
upon Himself.
Though innocent of all violence attributed to Him, God allowed the violence committed by others to be laid
upon His head so that He might
take the blame and thereby rescue and deliver mankind from most of the self - destructive consequences of their
sin, and reveal Himself to mankind as a loving Father who
takes our
sin upon Himself for our deliverance from the consequences of
sin and for the sake of our relationship with Him.
It was only when He
took our
sin upon Himself on the cross, it was only when the crushing despair of being separated from God came
upon Him, that He finally felt what we humans have lived with since we were born.
Yet when Jesus went to the cross, He
took the
sins of all people, throughout all time,
upon Himself.
Jesus was not an abomination to God, but the
sin of mankind He
took upon Himself at the Cross was.
For he was saying «yes» to
taking the
sins of mankind
upon himself.
He
took our
sins upon Himself and atoned for them.
He
took our
sin upon Himself and gave us His righteousness.
The traditional view holds that Jesus
took the
sin of humanity
upon Himself and thereby paid the price (satisfied the debt) or in your terms «purchased the forgiveness of
sins.»
I sometimes hear it said that a generation must sacrifice itself, «
take the
sin upon itself,» so that coming generations may be free to live righteously.
The scripture of old claimed that a man would come to suffer and die and
take the
sins of the world
upon himself he would be bruised beaten and crucified and then He would come a second time as a conquering messiah.
Not only so, he sometimes
took upon himself to assure these people that their
sins were forgiven, and that seemed unpardonable presumption, if not something worse.
And in the next place, describing what properly is defiance, it teaches that a man does wrong although he understands what is right, or forbears to do right although he understands what is right; in short, the Christian doctrine of
sin is pure impertinence against man, accusation
upon accusation; it is the charge which the Deity as prosecutor
takes the liberty of lodging against man.
He died a criminal's death because He went there willingly, as a sacrifice for the
sins of the whole world, to
take our
sins upon Himself and bear them into death.
But the only reason people looked
upon Jesus in this way at that time (few look
upon Jesus in that way now), is because Jesus had incarnated Himself among men and had
taken the
sin of the world
upon Himself so that He died among the wicked (Isa 53:9), bearing
upon Himself the curse of the cross, and even crying out that He had been forsaken by God (Matt 27:46).
This was accomplished because Jesus is God and
took all
sin upon Himself.
In
taking the
sins of men
upon himself, Jesus, however, had done more than Moses and Elijah.
Wesley frequently preached a sermon on Matthew 18, the passage in which Jesus describes the steps to
take upon discovering a brother's
sin.
I mean if God did well enough to see fit to install this perfect plan called salvation before the foundation of man, that who so ever believes that Jesus
took not only one for the team or mankind but all of the
sins of mankind
upon Himself, that in this gift provides freedom liberty and justification?