its a bit confusing to me. everytime i hear that jesus allowed himself to be killed to atone for our sins. and everyday about 1/5 of the worlds popupalation are praying to him as God. is Jesus the God dead, and if he is, then how can he be listening to our prayers, talkless of answering them.
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No, Jesus is not dead. The Bible tells us in \n1 Corinthians... 15:3 HCSB "For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,"\n\n(1Co 15:4 HCSB) "that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,"\n\n(1Co 15:5 HCSB) "and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve."\n\nAlso Jesus said in Revelation 1:18 HCSB "and the Living One. I was dead, but look--I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades."\n\nAnd in 1 Thessalonians 4:14 HCSB "Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus."
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1) All of us\n\n2) We are born with the sinful nature, and we can't get rid of our sins alone. God cannot be in the presence of sins, so therefore we couldn't be with Him when we die. God's way to cleanse our sins is by blood, and Jesus who lived a perfect life, died for our sins on a cross once for all. So that if we choose Him, our sins are washed away, and when we die, we will be in Heaven with Jesus.\n\n3)Yes, but what He did, He proclaimed that He was God's Son, making Him equal with God, and they considered it blasphemy, even though He was telling the truth.\n\n4) The high priests said Jesus considered Himself equal to God, and that was blasphemy to them, and the penalty for blasphemy is death, so technically yes, but He still died for all of us.\n\n5) See Above
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My Dads sermon last night was about how prayer changes things.The fact that you have asked for prayer shows that you believe that God is able to answer those prayers.Hold on to that faith,God is very concerned about you.Keep looking past the problem and to the solution.God is the solution.My heart goes out to you.Jesus is the answer.
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First,  it is a good thing that you question, and don't believe what you have quote about Jesus.\n\nI will start with what Jesus said.  He said you can't serve two lords, money and God,  a person must put his faith in God, and not money over God.  Quote:"It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of the needle than a rich man can enter Heaven."  forgive any mistakes, it is not word by word quote, but Jesus wanted us to know that we should be serving God, not money.  FYI, the eye of the needle refers to one of the gates to Jerusalem.  The door is small, and camels couldn't enter through that gate without bending over, and for camels that is impossible.  \nYou can't buy your way into heaven, nor get your sin forgiven by paying for it.  Jesus preached kindness, justice, and advocated charity to all the needy.  It is required for a Christian to give to the poor.  He also said, whatever you give you will get in return, same as Karma.\nHuman gas factors! where not churches they were a places of hate, a places of destruction, not a places of worship.\n\nAs for the Killing!  It is not Christianity that called for the killing of others, whether it is Muslims or any other people, it is people who are the killers.  If you look,  you will find that the Christians are not the one who are killing the Muslims, but the other way around.   Some Muslims are killing Christian, Buddhist  and Hindus.  Some of them kill because they believe that is what their religion ask them to do, and some translate the Quran in a way to suit the purpose of the day.  The Muslims are the one who calls for conquring the world, and converting the whole world into Islam, not Christians.\n\nI believe in my faith because of Jesus Christ.  How he lived his life, how he treated others, Didn't lead a single war, even thou at his time they were under the control of the Romain, but never took violence to solve it.  Never owned a human being, not one slave.  Treated everyone as equal.  He practiced what he preached, among many more reasons.\n\nTo me it is The religion, but it doesn't discount nor discredit other religion who do ask for human rights to be respected, and justice for all.\n\nA true religion to me is the religion which ask its' faithful to treat each others as they would they want them to be treated.  To love one another, no matter who or what they are.  The name of the religion is not important, it is what people do with their faith is the most important.\n\nPeace to one and ALL
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I don't fully understand it, nor do I expect to in this life, but it's kind of like this.\n\nGod to us is probably what Allah is to you. Jesus is God in human form who came to earth to become the sacrifice for our sins, while God remained in Heaven.\n\nThere's one more. There is God in a Spiritual manifestation going on at the same time as the other two.\n\nHe is One God, in three different forms, at the same time. One mind, three forms.
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It is a false belief that Jesus was God or was the only son of God. God cannot make himself die. Also He does not deceive people. He sends reformers who tell the truth about God. Jesus called him father only because he loves us all like a father loves his children, that does not make the God actual father of Jesus.\n\nThis is a fact too, that Jesus did not die on cross as he was put on cross for such a shorter time the he did not die. His wounds were cured after he was take off of it. Why would a person tried to be cured if he is dead? Read Bible and you will find the truth about Crucifixion. Christians do not want to use their brains in this matter, otherwise a sensible person can simple understand that he did not die on cross. Why do they think, he died? Only because they do not find the traces of Jesus after crucifixion. My question to them is that in such a case where did Marry go? Did Jesus's deciples thrown her into no where and not care about her? Some researchers had tried to bring the facts into the knowledge of those who really want to know the truth, instead of just following the wrong belief.
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it sounds like what you are saying is if Jesus was still here on earth today, would he be treated with respect or like crap as he was in his day? and would we just repeat the past and worship him after he is physically dead, now that he is not around to hold us accountable.\n\nHe would definitely be treated like crap. \n\nIf you read the gospels it is pretty clear that Jesus was nonviolent, nonresistant, compassionate and lived simply.\n\nJust look at the people who have respect and power in this world and they are the exact opposite of having Jesus' qualities. \n\nThese people go to war....for stupid reasons..which is violence(jesus was nonviolent) and yet So called christians approve of this along with capital punishment and a variety of other violent means.\n\nThese people don't turn the other cheek. (jesus was Nonresistance). Despite the teachings of turning the other cheek, do the well-respected rulers and so-called heroes in our society really turn the cheek or geniunely forgive...of course not. people who love power usually don't.\n\nAre these well-respected people compassionate? (jesus was compassionate). If they are compassionate, then how can so many people in this world let alone the wealthiest of countries still be dominated by so much poverty and homelessness. And why are there so many bitter divorces (which is also not turning the other cheek or forgiveness) and crime and corrupt leadership and so on....? \n\nAre these Heroes of ours living simply? (Jesus and his followers lived simply, knowing that possesions corrupt and giving is love).\nThis is probably the obvious of all to answer and the one that most christians and others will not be willing to do. eventhough the gospels repeatedly warn of the worshipping of mammon and lost of heavenly rewards by having these things. This is one area that is the most emphasized in the gospels and the one area that is mostly ignored,...for obvious reasons. \n\nSo, would jesus be hated and despised and treated like crap if he were here today?. absolutely...and the evidence is that the one's who are most antichristain(christian being someone who is christlike and christlike being someone who follows a life as explained above)are treated the best in our society and the one's who are most christ-like are treated inferior.\n\nAnd because of this antichristian worshipping that world socities do....they would have to take  the real christ and turn him into an idea the same way that we turn human beings into celebrrties and worship him on our terms not his. Thus making jesus invisible even while visible.
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Jesus took the form and limitations of mortality upon Him when  He descended from the Heaven. On the cross, He was Jesus the Mortal Man, not Jesus, God.\n\nYour question is rather interesting. My best answer is that Jesus is a part of God. What we call 'God' is God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit of God.\n\nJesus didn't die on the cross, He simply went to Hell, as everyone else did in those times. What we call 'Death' is nothing more than leaving this life and passing into the other. We are not erased from existence. \n\nSo Jesus wasn't erased from existence, He went to Hell to defeat Satan and free the virtous, by forgiving them of the Ancestral Sin.
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God is capable of hearing all prayers but he turns a deaf ear to the prayers of those who refuse to act in harmony with their prayers (ie:  God, find me a job while I sit on the couch and watch tv) or those who continue to act in a way that is contrary to his will.  It is true that Jesus is the only mediator between God and man but if God did not hear the prayers of those who do not know Christ yet, none of us would ever have come to know him.
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Without the blood of Jesus dieing at Calvary, there could be no salvation. God sees the blood of Jesus instead of our sins. That's why you pray in Jesus name when you pray.
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i don't believe that jesus is god. if he was, he shouldn't be dead because real god has endless life. jesus was a normal person and a messenger of god. and he prayed for god. just think about it, a god, (!) prayes for himself and bees the messenger of himself. it's just sick, he is not god. and i don't need to prove it, god gave brains us to think and to find him. but there is so many things to prove it anyway\nand god created us, not our parents! who do you think created you perents and their and their...\nand if someone has a question that "what created god" please just think about it, if god created by something, he shouldn't be god he should be a creation of that thing. if you can't find any answers, i tell you that many many scientific tests proove that no one can use 100% of their brains. even the most briliant people. when we die, we'll use 100% of our brains and we'll understand. we now use just 0.001% or something of our brains.
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""Why does anybody(jesus) have to die to make up for our sins""\n\nBecause they dont, and they cant!\n\nWe are taught in The Bible that no one can die for the sins of another. In Deuteronomy 24:16 it specifically says this:\n\nDeuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not \nbe put to death for the children, neither \nshall the children be put to death for\nthe fathers: \nevery man shall be put to death for his \nown sin (eesh b’chet-o yumatu).\n\nIn Exodus 32:30-35, Moses tries to offer himself to atone for the sins of the people. To be written out of Gd's book, means to be written out of the Book of Life, which means Moses was asking to die for the sins of the People. Gd's response is No, it does not work that way, each man dies for his own sin:\n\nExodus 32:30-35 And it came to pass on the \nmorrow, that Moses said unto the people, \nYe have sinned a great sin: and now I will \ngo up unto the Etrnl; perhaps I shall make \nan atonement for your sin. And Moses \nreturned unto the Etrnl, and said, Oh, \nthis people have sinned a great sin, and \nhave made them gods of gold. Yet now, if \nthou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, \nblot me, I pray thee, out of thy book \nwhich thou hast written. And the Etrnl \nsaid unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned \nagainst me, him will I blot out of my \nbook. \n\nThe whole of chapter 18 of the book of Ezekiel is about this idea, that no one can die for someone else's sin. Further, this chapter of Ezekiel teaches us that all we have to do for Gd's forgiveness is to stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd will forgive us:::\n\nEzekiel 18:1-4; 20-24; 26-27 .....Behold, all \nsouls are mine; as the soul of the father, so \nalso the soul of the son is mine: the soul \nthat sinneth, it shall die. Eze 18:20 The soul \nthat sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not \nbear the iniquity of the father, neither shall \nthe father bear the iniquity of the son: the \nrighteousness of the righteous shall be upon \nhim, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be \nupon him. But if the wicked will turn from all \nhis sins that he hath committed, and keep all \nmy statutes, and do that which is lawful and \nright, he shall surely live, he shall not die. \nAll his transgressions that he hath committed, \nthey shall not be mentioned unto him: in his \nrighteousness that he hath done he shall live. \nHave I any pleasure at all that the wicked \nshould die? saith the Etrnl Gd: and not that \nhe should return from his ways, and live?.... \nEze 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away \nfrom his righteousness, and committeth \niniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity \nthat he hath done shall he die. Again, when \nthe wicked man turneth away from his \nwickedness that he hath committed, and doeth \nthat which is lawful and right, he shall save \nhis soul alive. \n\nSo, the Bible is clear, no one can die for the sins of another, and this means that Jesus cannot die for anyone else's sins.
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I wrote something very similar to this on my blog last July. It's a little long, but here it is:\n\nI've often wondered where the belief that Jesus will "consider" peoples prayers comes from. \n\nIf you read Matthew 7:7-8, Matthew 18:19-20, Matthew 21:21-22, Mark 11:24-25, Luke 11:9-13, John 14:13-14, John 15:7, John 15:16, John 16:23-24, Jesus clearly says that if you pray in his name he will answer your prayers, not that he will think about it. Jesus claimed repeatedly that he would answer all the prayers of the faithful who prayed in his name as a testiment to Gods glory.\n\n\nTake John 14:13-14 (NAB) for example: And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.  \n\n"Whatever you ask in my name, I will do" is pretty cut and dried. There's really no room in that statement for error in understanding the meaning, nor is there room to interpret it as "Pray in my name, and I'll do what I think is best for you."\n\nNow obviously Jesus can't answer every prayer that each Christian makes in his name. Aside from just being silly, it would create chaos in the world of, dare I say, Biblical proportions. So consider the following options:\n\n1. Jesus lied. The church based on his life is a lie, and this falsehood has been passed on 2000 years too long.\n\n2. Jesus told the truth, and it is a lack of faith in Jesus ability to actually answer all prayers that keeps him from doing so. The Christian faith is no longer viable in the eyes of God.\n\nEither way, doesn't it seem like a waste of time and effort to continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah? On one hand, the myth of Jesus as the son of God would seem to be instantly invalidated. On the other hand, Jesus has clearly turned his back on the faithful for the last 2000 years. Christians must now rationalize prayer in order to ignore the fact that whether or not a prayer is answered, is sheer chance.\n\nMight as well pray to The Cat in the Hat if you ask me. It's likely to have the same results. Well, actually thats not entirely accurate. A recent Christian study showed that sick people who knew they were recieving prayer were 70% more likely to have medical complications after surgery than those who either did not know, or who recieved no prayer. Make that out however you want to, but I would think it should be pretty obvious...\n\n-SD-
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If someone pays my fine, even if I do not like that person, then the government can no longer demand payment from me.  If Jesus paid my debt, then God can no longer demand it from me.  How could God still punish sinners after Jesus died for us all\n\nThe Bible says that Jesus was a ransom sacrifice who died to set us free (Mark 10:45).  Is this ransom paid to God or to the Devil?  If to God, then why did God kill his own son to set us free when he could have just set us free and keep his son?  If the ransom was paid to the devil, then how could the devil be on such great bargaining terms with God to demand his very son?\n\n\nThe question arises that Can't God just forgive Christians and not have to kill Jesus? \n\n\nthe expected answers will be here i.e. "love , love, because of love".... \n\nhow about this love of God ...\n"O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent?- Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias; In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together." (QURAN 82:6-8)\n["Say: "O my Servants who have excessively wronged their own souls, despair not of God's Mercy: for God forgives all sins for He is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.\nTurn to your Lord (for forgiveness) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that you shall not be helped." (Quran 39:53-54.)]\n\n(QURAN 85.14) "He ( Allah ) is the Forgiving, the Loving, And He is the Oft-Forgiving Full of loving-kindness"\n\nonly Islam has solutions for the problems raised above.\n\nAllah knows best
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it's John 1:1-2 that states "In the Beginning was the Word(Jesus) and the Word(Jesus)was with God and the Word(Jesus) was God." verse 2 says " He was in the beginning with God." so you see He was. And also think on Adam and Eve, since no man can look upon God, how then did they walk with Him? Jesus is the visible form of God that humans CAN look upon! Also seek in the old testament when it speaks of "The Angel of the Lord" you will see when the A is capitalized that the people see Him as a Deity, I believe it's Jesus, given all the studying I've done on the subject. Sampson's parents even made a sacrifice to Him, and He left them as He went up in the smoke of the sacrifice(as Jesus is The Sacrifice)!!! I hoipe this confirms this to you and God bless you.
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Yes, I think this is why people say God is dead,He is not  ! He is The creator and a new star is born everyday.We are in no way\nleft,Jesus says when He returns " I have sheep of another flock them also I bring" that is quite clear to me,not humans, not from earth.
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Jesus died because he was murdered.. our "sins" had nothing to do with it, the christian faith has imposed that little sentiment.\n\nJesus was just a man with a strong conviction.