Why did God let Jesus get his a-- kicked and watched it. Would you have done the same?
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Well you have to consider, all sins need to be covered in order for God to be able to look upon us.  Animals just weren't doing the job anymore, so what better person to cover it than God in the flesh?  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.  Also, you have to keep in mind that death is not the end.  It's just another door you have to pass through.
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First of all, I apologize on behalf of Donald Shaw.  I thought his response to your question was absolutely terrible, and very un-Christian.  \n\nI was dismayed that, instead of sharing his faith with you and trying to bring Christ to you, he chose words that would serve no other purpose than to alientate you and push you away.   Trust me, not all of us Christians are like that.\n\nNow, in response to your question:\n\nGod can (and does) effect His forgiveness in any way He wishes.  He's God.  He can do whatever He wants.\n\nSo why did He have His Son suffer and die for our sins?  \n\nOne reason is that this was predicted in the Old Testament.  The OT speaks of a "suffering servant," a human Lamb of God who -- like the lamb sacrificed each year by the ancient Jews on the Day of Atonement -- would die for us and take our sins with Him. \n\nSecond, human nature being what it is, it's not enough for us to read something (like "your sins are forgiven") and then believe it.  We human beings need visuals.  We need proof.  For us, seeing is truly believing.  \n\nAnd seeing Christ suffer and die the worst form of execution in the history of capital punishment -- for us! -- is truly believing.  \n\nWhy else would anyone, let alone the Son of God, willingly put Himself through that?   He certainly didn't do it for nothing.  He definitely didn't do it for Himself.  \n\nHe did it to conquer sin and death.  And for those who believe in Him, that's what He accomplished.
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Uh Oh...Maybe he made a mistake...no wait..he is perfect...oh wait....Maybe he did it on purpose so you could burn in hell!...wait wait wait...he is all merciful....hmmm....You got me.
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Ive heard this before, that Jesus may have been in a coma and it was all a onspiracy and thats why He was taken down from the cross immediatly and His legs were not broken but I say you just gotta have faith, you just gotta beleive He died for our sins.
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A wise man once said " keep your eyes on Jesus and do the next right thing" . Its not easy but every choice does count. In my experience I have grown closer to God by letting him fight for me: pray about it.
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More importantly, and I suspect this is what you're getting at, why would a god who wants worship set himself up to be totally illogical and irrational? I think that if there was a god controlling it all, we'd be somehow predispositioned to believing in him, rather than having to ignore all logic and reason just to get into heaven.
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Yeah.  The thought of dying on the cross scared the crap out of him.  That's why he was crying.  \n\nI don't know why God would be scared, but I guess that's my mortal mind thinking.  God cries for mysterious reasons.
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well, as the story goes, he did this in order to pay for your sins\n\nim not altogether sure i've ever understood that story very much though\n\nim sort of the mindset that ok jesus was preaching and gaining a large following, this upset political leaders of the day and they started to feel that an uprising or a shift in power was about to happen\n\nchrist, as he preached in the gospels "if a man hits you on one cheek, let him hit you on the other" was a pacifist and did not confront physical violence back with violence\n\ninstead, he allowed them to kill him in order to make a point, the point being that 1. he was not going to cave to political pressure and shut up and 2. that he was fulfilling a divine plan of his fathers in order to meet his father's criteria of how things are to be resolved
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You can't force God on anyone they have to except him on there own. Have you ever taken the time to see, if he would be interested in finding God.
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God raped Mary?\nThat is an interesting way to interpret the historical event.\n\nRape is a serious charge and will fire up Christians everywhere!\n\nI am a Christian and find your statement painful. I never considered that God did anything wrong, but your opinion will make me think.
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T'was during the service of the Evil Stepmother (for real) when the priest asked everyone to pray so that her soul may ascend to heaven. At that moment lightning struck twice. I almost burst out laughing out loud! Now I believe there is a God!\n\n2nd time, it was a fieldmouse desperate to get out of the hole, jumping up n down on the casket.
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As a firm believer in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, I must admit, that the book was well written. The cast of the movie is top notch. However the movie is complete blasphemy against our Lord. The Bible clearly shows the Life of Jesus, no where does it mention Him being married or having children. \nIt is sad, but true, that many Christians and non-Christians that watch this movie are going to be shown a perverted view of Jesus Christ.\nIf somebody was really interested in learning about the Lord God, please I encourage you to pick up a Bible. \nCompare how Jesus fulfills all the prophecies about the coming messiah. Some of which were written 500+ years before His birth.\n\nJohn 3:16- For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten son, that whoever shall believe in Him, shall not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved.\n18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God
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No.\n\nApperently god promised him that he would not dash a foot on the rocks.  Remember?  Satan reminded him of that when he was tempting him.  I was given no such promise.  I think Jesus could take the fall.
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They didn't help him as Christians. They helped him as fellow human beings which is what all of us should strive for. Religion is merely divisive, It's what we have in common that we should focus on. We're here, we are alive, and we don't know everything about who what or where we are... so what!? that's a good thing it's a reason to exercise our minds and really find the answers to the questions that remain, not just to make them up.\n\nI can't speak for the man in your story as i really know nothing about him. However personally, if this happened to me, i would be thankful to the PEOPLE who helped me and i could care less what part their religion played in it.
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There is always a reason, even though you may not see it at first. I am going through this situation, and it is a living hell...BUT, I do know why God had me fall for this guy. If I hadn't talked to this guy and let him get to know me, the guy wouldn't have seen my need for the Lord, and he wouldn't have invited me to church. Now I have accepted Christ as my savior and am repenting of my past life. I am still feeling immense heartache over not being able to have this guy, but if I didn't have Jesus in my life I'd probably have killed myself long ago. For real...this guy hurt me that bad.
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He went without fighting.  That's not quite the same thing.  Willingly implies that he wanted to go.  He didn't.  He prayed for God to stop.  He prayed that it wouldn't end that way.  But he knew that it was ultimately God's will, not his.  So he agreed, and yes, he did have the choice to follow God or not.  He chose to follow God.  That doesn't mean that he went willingly.  There's a slight distinction.\n\n**EDIT**\nI don't think that it was God's divine plan to have to kill Jesus.  The prophecies that I'm familiar with say nothing of Jesus dying.  They say that a branch of Jesse's tree will sprout and bring great joy, restore God's people, and show people the light.  That's why they were expecting a Political Messiah, a military leader to free them.  Isaiah also says that the One will rejoice in obeying God.  He fulfilled his destiny according to the prophecies.  He showed people the light, he obeyed God.  That is what led to his ultimate cruxifiction...obedience, not willingness.\n\nAnd Jesus was afraid in the Garden, he begs God to stop it, to take the cup away.  In my Bible, that is opened right now in Matthew 26:39 Jesus says "Let this cup of suffering be taken away from me.  Yet I want your will, not mine."\n\nIf he was willing, it would have also been his will.
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Ok, well let me start by saying that God loves and cares for you... He sent His son Jesus to become a curse for you, and pay your punishment on the cross!  Gods master plan from the beginning was to have Jesus come and reunite the jews and gentiles(non jews).  We need to believe in Jesus because by doing so, we acknowledge Gods ultimate power and glory.  We are now saved by grace, meaning we dont work to get to heaven, we just do by beliving in Jesus and that God rasied him from the dead.  Again this all shows Gods ultimate power.  Christianity is the only religion that is not by works.  We dont work to get to God because we cant work.  There is no path to God or becoming a 'god', but God has giving us Jesus as a bridge to Him!\n\n\nGod has given us so many signs and wonders that He still works today.  Think of the times that we have been at the right place at the right time, or someone encouraged us when we really need it, or just look at creation, and it all shows the glory of God.\n\nThe bible says that we walk by faith and not by sight.  (blindly as you say) but its not all blind, we have the holy spirit to guide us and teach us.  If we could see God, it wouldnt be faith at all.  God didnt want everyone to see him and worship him because he gave us freedom of the will... He didnt want us to be robots, programmed to worship Him.  He loves us enough to give us freedom:)!!!!!\n\nwell i hope this helps and answers your question a little.. God bless :)