how come the followers of Jesus did not put their life in risk to help him?
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At that time Satan went into them. They were scared. Jesus had twelve faithful followeers otherwise known as the twelve disciples. The other people just folowed him around to see if he could actually do the miracles people said he could do.
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It isn't that they 'follow' certain parts of the bible as much as apply the blessings promised in the bible.\nToday, christians rarely trouble themselves with what requirements are involved when desiring god's gifts. Rather, they arbitrarily 'save themselves' through a false hope that all they need is 'faith'.\n But as I have observed time and again on this forum, their is little to no substance to the claims of salvation.\nIf one expects to receive the blessings of everlasting life, but disregards the effort of studying the word of god to find out what is acceptable to him, than, it is ludicrous to think that god will just somehow toss aside his own requirements to accommodate all the lazy people with their unrealistic expectations.\nThe simple truth? denominations are proof of deceitful men drawing men to follow themselves, thus putting a stumbling block in the path of weak minded persons to full of apathy as regards their own wish for eternal life.
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Yes salvation was available to the followers of Jesus because anyone who believes in him is saved. \nI don't think that the disciples of Jesus were required to practice the Jewish law but they probably did.\nSince Jesus came to fulfill what was said about him in the Old Testament then Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John do not have to follow Old Testament Law. \nI hope this helps
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There's no scripture to support this idea one way or another.  People are affected in different ways when in the spirit.  There was a man at my church who would run around the pews (admittedly it freaked me out a bit when he first did it) and a woman who would wail.  I think you'll find the most about the issue in Paul's stuff, but don't quote me on that.
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Because they don't have idle time on their hands.  They are always busy doing the church group things.  Which are normally not directed towards violence.  Their time and their minds are taken up with activities the church group is doing.  It's really a matter of occupation.  Fill up their lives with a group that's doing good things, with caring adults around to watch for any problems.
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:}\nSome people just don't care about others.\nwe cant let that interfere with the calling we have in life\nexcept perhaps we might feel called to witness to that person or  to pray for them./
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I believe the 2nd story is correct. Not sure about the follower part, but yes, another man was subsituted. See, Jesus was pulled into the heavens and will return before the Day of Judgement, symbolizing that the Day of Judgement is near. So, yes, God did not kill Jesus.
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You can, and will, survive by remembering that Christ has promised us that He will never give us more than we are capable of handling.  It may seem impossible now most people experience your same feelings at some point in their lives.  Remember that whatever does not kill you will only make you stronger.
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I am not a Christian, but I'm willing to lay odds most people would not change their beliefs. Faith is a powerful tool, and if its strong enough, not even irrefutable proof will bend it. There have been many such discoveries lately, lending credence to the fact Jesus was human, had children, etc. About 80% of the world's biblical scholars agree that Talmudic law would have demanded Jesus as a prophet to have a job and a wife. I doubt he would have been married and remained a virgin his whole life lol. Yet even in light of these facts, many christians remain steadfast in their religion. And so what if they do? When they die, they'll know the truth, just like the rest of us.
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Even if they are belivers they still have to die. It's a part of life and we have to live with it. It may  seem hard but god will always love us and care for us.  sometimes he lets people die because it is their time. No one really haves control over this so do not worry everything happens for a reason.
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Sometimes certain "RELIGIONS" really screw people up.  We can only hope, try, and pray for them before they have a bitter death experience, but then it will be too late.    Christ died for them because He loves them so much.
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It's because they ate the forbidden fruit that we have death. But through Jesus and accepting Him as our savior, we once again have another chance at eternal life. IF you are lost and living without Christ, Invite Jesus into your heart and life today.\nJohn 3:16.-18\n\n16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. \n \n \n17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.\n \n18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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Not an antagonist but a betrayer. He had hoped that Jesus would be an earthly deliverer who would be this great hero and save the Jews from the Romans (like so many others thought). But when He realized that He was not what he had expected he turned Jesus in.
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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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They didn't follow Jesus out of pride.  They KNEW he was the Son of God because he proved it with everything he did and everything he said.  It was only pride and an unwillingness to change.  The fear of change.  He came and said things opposite of the DISTORTION of the very religion Jesus followed to the letter (Jewish law).  Hope that helps.
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I am a christian and that is a great question. Often we see the world as we wish that it was, not how it is. It seems to me that Jesus condemed the wealth in the Bible rather than encouraged it.
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Jesus clearly said that he was going to be HANDED OVER, not that he himself would do it.\n\nFor example, in Mark 9:31  he tells his disciples, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."\n\nLater he talks about the one who would betray him, e.g., Mark 14:21  For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!  It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." \n\nIn fact, he announces that it is one of the Twelve eating the Passover meal with him, that would betray him.  (The amount, FWIW is 30 pieces of silver It is Joseph who  was sold for 20 pieces [Genesis 37], so some get them confused; and 40 is a common 'round number' in Scripture.)\n\nIn many of Jesus' announcements he DOES explain that this was all according to what had been prophesied, and that is was the means by which God fufilled his plans.  But he does NOT say that those who acted against him were in any way 'agreeing to help him.'  No, "they meant it for evil"  Compare Acs 2:23 where Peter declares "this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men."\n\n(Other Scriptures include this same idea -- for example, it is by God's plan that the Assyrians attack Israel.  They are 'carrying out God's judgment'.  Only that is not what motivates THEM, and God declares that he will in turn judge these who had attacked Israel for their own ends --see Isaiah 10:5-16, especially vv.6-7 -"Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy....")\n\n---------------------------\n\nHow the "Gospel of Judas" differs:\n\n1) Judas is portrayed as being the ONE disciple who 'really gets it' and to him Jesus reveals a special knowledge hidden from all the others.  (This clearly contradicts the New Testament teaching).\n\n2) Judas hands Jesus over to die so that he can escape his human body, since the body and all the physical world is considered to be evil (a basic Gnostic teaching).  In the Bible --both the Old and New Testaments -- the material world is NOT evil.  Rather it was created good (Genesis 1) and the hope is that it will be fully restored at the resurrection.   In keeping with this the NT Gospels Jesus announces (see above) that he will die and RISE AGAIN.