We are saved by the blood of Christ, Jesus died for our sins so we could go to Heaven, and Jesus knew this was his purpose, and didn't Jesus tell Judas to do what he came there to do.
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Some historians and scriptural experts suggest that Judas knew Jesus had to be betrayed and then put his own neck in the noose for the rest of the world.   He is such a hated person, and yet it is because of him that one of the largest religions in the world has taken power.  In my opinion, Christians should revere his name, not scorn it.  If you want more info, go to a library and check out a copy of the Gnostic Gospels (also called the Nag Hammadi), or more specifically the Gospel of Judas.
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Simple Answer:\n\nHe never fouled up. The Bible distinctly say He was God and perfect and therefore incapable of screwing up.\n\nBut from my own human perspective His biggest mistake would have to be allowing judas iscariot to betray Him. If He stopped him then they never would have captured Jesus...He never would have been crucified...and we would all still be in our sins separated from God and all going to hell and deserving it because humanity is the biggest pool of refuse that could ever have been concocted. \n\nBut...as it turns out God is a lot more merciful and loving than I am and decided to die for us so that we could live with Him forever and fulfill our purpose...Good thing too, if it were up to me we'd all be burning...\n\nhope this helps.
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Jesus came to die for the world so that the world through Him might be saved.\nWe have a handbook to go by. It's called a Holy bible. These are the words of God. Everyone can participate. Even the ones that can't read. We do love everyone. However we are instructed to not be conformed to the world. We are not to love the sin of the world. We are to love the sinners, hate the sin, and let God do the judging.
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Our salvation is not obtained by our "good works", for "all of our righteousnesses are as filthy rags" before God anyway (Isaiah 64:6). "But to him who does not work [for his salvation] but believes on Him Who justifies the UNGODLY, his faith is counted as righteousness" (Romans 4:5).\n\nWhen Christ took our punishment, God imputed to Him all the sins that we have done--and will continue to do--so that He could impute His righteousness to us, as he had promised in the Old Testament (Jeremiah 23:6, 33:16). This is why the Psalmist would only boast in the righteousness of God (Psalm 71:16).\n\nThe thief acknowledge his standing before the Law of God (guilty) and asked for mercy, like the publican in Luke 18:9-14. Therefore God justified him, and he went to be with Jesus.
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Nobody is willing to die horrible, painful deaths like the disciples did for a lie.  The only reason for lying about it would have been to get rich, which they didn't, to get famous, which they didn't until after they were dead anyway, because we humans are pretty selfish.  Since they didn't actually get anything out of the resurrection story except a lot of pain, torture and death, there would have been no point at all in lying about it, hence it wasn't a lie.
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Judas went off to hang himself, that much is true. But one account goes into more detail than that. It shows that in the course of hanging himself, the branch that he hung himself from broke, and he fell down a cliff and was killed on the rocks below. So, it was actually only in one way that he died. One account just gave further details of it than the other.
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U r getting it all wrong my dear.. Jesus had to sacrifice his life for we humans.. So that we REPENT for our sins.. so that we r always reminded of the fact that GOD has given his LIFE for us.. or better still.. A God incarnate has given his life.. It was our redemption in THOSE TIMES.. The next time HE comes on earth will be JUDGEMENT DAY.. We have already been given an oppurtunity to unserstand and rectify our mistakes b HIM..he has given us one chance by sacrificing himself..that doesnt mean he'll do it always.. Next time, we will be punished for our sins not HE!  \nIt was not God who died.. Jesus was a God-incarnate i.e.God born on earth as a human and since all  humans die, he had to die.. But Jesus is there on top..\n And God canty forgive us all without all of this.. Thatr would mean whatever crime u do, u'll be let off. God wanted to show to humanity that HE cared for us so much that he sacrificed his son!
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Jesus came as God in flesh, sent to cleanse us of our sin.\n\nBefore the time of Jesus, it was tradition to offer a sacrificial animal for the sins of a person or nation. The animal was symbolically paying the debt for everything the person/nation did wrong. In other words, the payment/punishment ("wages" as it is put in the Bible) for anything we do wrong is death. By offering an animal, as specified by God, that would count as payment.\n\nThe sins of the world, however, are great and many. This is no secret, of course. So, instead of offering animals all the time, God sent His only Son, Jesus, to serve as the ultimate sacrifcial lamb. His death served to pay for our sins, and his resurrection showed us that He has overcome death and will keep us saved, or "paid up."\n\nThe only way to be completely paid up is to become "saved"; that is, to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior (accept his gift of sacrifice) and believe that He died and rose. It is also customary and commanded that we verbally acknowledge this, and follow Christ's example by being baptised (this is symbolic of dying to our old self and rising, cleansed, to a new life in Christ). \n\nYes, people are called to follow Him, but not all will choose to. Jesus is very clear that those who reject him will spend eternity in Hell, and those that accept Him will be protected by His blood and spend eternity in Heaven.\n\nHope that helps.  :)
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Because God gave us a free will. Without it, our lives and worship of Him would be very "robotic" He wants real love, the kind that's freely given as His Son was for our sins. If he merely "snapped His fingers" and ended sin, then we'd all be instantly transformed into something that couldn't begin to comprehend the need for God to send his Son to die for sins that in that state of being couldn't possibly exist to begin with. That's why he created the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the garden of Eden. It forced man to make a choice and therefore have free will and order, and obedience ingrained into his life.
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By trusting in what Jesus Christ done on the cross. He died for our sins, He was buried and took our sins away and rose again the third day for my justification. 1 Corinthians 15: 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
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and my christian friends should thank Judas also ....because if he hadnt betrayed Jesus ....there wouldnt have been any salvation possible .... why is he always titled as  a satan...By the way lets see if Gospel of Judas bring some truth .......\nI am a Muslim and Quran tells us that Jesus never died neither did he wished so .....some person (may be Judas) betrayed him ...and he was crucified inplace of jesus because God made him look like jesus...Jesus has been raised up alive in the heavens and he will return ..
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That is a foundational belief of Christianity.  So Jesus wouldn't have died on the cross for our sins.  Then there would have been no resurrection from the dead.\n\nSo, the whole thing would have been vanity.\n\nThe old testament law applied to the covenant between God and Israel.  The new testament Grace & Truth opened up salvation to all nations & peoples who call on His name.\n\nSo we would be in the nations not restored unto God, like before Christ.
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Jesus came to earth to do many things.. he came so he could show us the way to live..to live as we live so he could know how we feel...to Identify with us... To beat satan at his on game...someone has to pay for all the wrong things we do..so GOD having mercy on us sent his son to take that punishment for us. That's why to be saved all you have to do is accept his free gift of salvation...You are right, God is greater, but we (Humans) sadly are not...to learn more you can read the bible..starting with the book of John and the book of Romans...I promise It will be an eyeopening experience you will never forget.
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For the first part it is simple ...\nThink about this: we are all God's creation and one way or another we carry on God's will. One of the assets given to us is free-will, the will to do as we choose. God's purpose now is to guide us on the right path, but it is us who must walk it. Judas did not know God's will at the time, it was much later that people were aware of what Jesus' death actually ment.\nThe fact that God intended it doesn't excuse Judas' act. It was Judas' choice to betray his teacher and this alone makes his act evil, just like any treason. God doesn't mind-control anyone. He chose to betray Jesus to the romans, thus he is a traitor and his treachery is ten-fold since we are talking about the Son of God (something Judas really believed or he wouldn't be an Apostle).\nAlso the fact that he's a traitor doesn't mean christians should hold a grudge against Judas. After all, he was forgiven for his actions did lead on the right path.\n\nAs for the accusations against the Jews, whatever they had done then, it's all done and it subscribes to the same things I've said above.
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Death was not as easily or accurately determined in those days.  A person might be cut down from the cross while still alive.  If Joseph knew that Jesus would come back from the dead because he had not altogether died, he kept his secret through the centuries.  His version of events might then have something of the nature of a cover-up.
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According to the newly discovered gosple of Judas, that's exactly what happened.  According to that book, Judas did not betray Jesus as all, but merely did what Jesus told him to do.\n\nOf course, it's important to keep in mind that Judas and Jesus are both fictional characters.
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The Bible theachs there is no one good...all have sinned and falen short of the glory of God that is why Jesus died for us. If we could be good enough then Jesus would not have had to die. so your answer is that if you die without Jesus you die in youe sin.