Is it important that Jesus felt all the temptation that we feel?
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Yes, we are told that he was tempted a lot more than just the three times in the wilderness.  In fact, the scriptures say he was tempted in every way we are, yet without sinning.  This means he can be totally sympathetic to the struggle we have when we are tempted and be an advocate for us with the Father for forgiveness when we sin.  But since he did not sin, he is also the power we can turn to by allowing him to live in us in all fullness, to resist temptation.
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Well, since Jesus was known to hang out more with the non-religious folk of his time, he would probably feel right at home.  He would probably have more to say to the "self-righteous..." Something like, " I was hungry and you didn't feed me, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, a was a stranger and you didn't welcome me, I was sick and you didn't care for me, I was in prison and you didn't visit me..." You were too busy deciding who's going to heaven or hell...
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I feel....well....\n\nSAVED.\n\n"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." 1 Cor. 1:18
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No. The Last Temptation of Christ is a like a passion play.  It depicts the passion of Christ, not the resurrection.
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I think that it depends on the person.  My brother went crazy with christianity.  After his mission, he would take things from us that he didn't feel was alright for us to have and would lecture us about the way we live and what we would do.
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Do you know what I find helpful?  Remembering that our lives do not necessarily have to be divided up into "secular" and "sacred" things.  Everything we do can be an act of worship to the Lord.  Whether it be washing the dishes, typing a report, cleaning a bathroom ... whatever ...  doing it with the motivation being an act of worship, doing it for the love of God (not to *get* His love [you already have it] but rather *because* of it, in celebration of it) can transform the mundane to into the maaahvelous.  I even noticed that I had more energy physically at the end of the days where I focused on doing everything for the love of God.  It's almost as though He blesses the motivation for doing things when it's done expressly for Him as opposed to doing them simply because we "hafta".  :)
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Interesting question.\n\nI think that we are in a form and/or fashion already being punished, not necessarily by God, but by the natural order of things that God, himself, set in place.  Reaping and sowing is a definite fact of life, whether one believes it or not.  Science, even backs up the concept with what goes up, must come down. \n\nI, also feel that we punish ourselves with guilt and unrealistic expectations of perfection looming just ahead in our minds, that God said we would not reach till the day of his coming. So, with all this in my mind, I believe that I will answer No, to your question, should we still be punished, if Jesus died for our sins. If God, My Father says He can & will forgive, and Jesus dripped blood savagely so I could...
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He had everything to gain.  He was a shunned child growing up for being an illegitimate child.  This childhood abuse caused serious psychological problems.  He craved attention, and when he got it, it was never enough.  When the attention stopped making him feel better he began craving pain.  That is why (which we've recently found out in the Judas writings) he asked his good friend Judas to turn him in.  Jesus wanted to be punished on the cross.  He made that crown of thorns himself to prove to himself that he can still feel.
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There were still lots of temptations and evils preying around us so the best thing to do is to have a deeper relationship with God. This way no one and nothing can lead u astray and He will always guide you to righteous deeds.\nBest of luck buddy!
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No. Christianity is about who you are, not just random choices you make.\n\nGrace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.\nBut also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.\nTherefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  II Peter 1:2-10\n\nLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:\n Fear God and keep His commandments,\n For this is man’s all.  Ecclesiastes 12:13
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Jesus said Blessed are those who mourn. He also said to follow Him we must take up our cross. And to sum up the matter He said He who seeks to save his life must lose it. So it is not in this life that we find our hope and happiness in fullness but we do get a beginning of this joy and peace and that beginning is better than all this world has to offer.\nAlso it is not living for our fullness but for Christ
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I agree in an obscure way. I believe that it is a sin to put our own needs first instead of doing what Jesus says to do and that is to love our neighbor as ourselves. If we all did that there would be no poverty, but Jesus knows everything; thus He knows that man will love ourselves most....which causes some to be rich and more to be poor.
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Yes, that must have been a terrible burden, to know everything and yet not tell close friends their future. Jesus is just as human as us, so we can know exactly how he felt. That's why HE came here to help us. To prepare the way to heaven.
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I Feel Jesus is the Son of God And God sent his only begotten son to die for us.\n Being a parent I feel saying they are the same being takes allot away. It means so much more to me that he would sacrifice his child to die for our sins, I couldn't Imagine having to watch my child suffer and die and that's what I feel he did for us, he gave his son. His beautiful child.
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Jesus could have, and had the power to not go through what He did.  The fact is He chose to lay down His power and receive upon Himself the penalty We so rightfully deserved.  Instead of retaliation He chose to forgive, displaying to us the true heart and nature of our God.  That He has not set condemnation upon you for your wrongdoing, but, instead, payed for it.  This was done so you could know God and have an eternal relationship with Him.  Not just go to heaven, but to begin to know Him now in your life.  Not just believe as in some fictitious character, but to have a real tangible relationship with a true and powerful Living God.  May you know Him!
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If we'd been able to make ourselves perfect without Christ's ransom sacrifice, there would have been no reason for either Christ or his Father to suffer it!  Of course, no human alive is perfect.  So -- without the sacrifice of Jesus -- we'd have no hope.  So, out of love for us, they both made the ultimate sacrifice.  ...  If you'd like to know more about how I feel on this subject, a favorite article of mine on the  subject is: \n\nHow to Make Real Friends : \n .. We All Need Friends \n .... Satisfying Our Hunger for Friendship \n ...... Good Friends - Bad Friends \n ........ A Note to Parents\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/12/8/article_01.htm\n\nI agree with everything it says -- Wholeheartedly -- including the part about whether or not we should expect perfection in others!
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Not all do.  While you can't necessarily control which thoughts or urges you might have, everyone can control which thoughts and urges they give attention to and, more importantly, every choice they make.  That said, I can honestly say that my mind strayed more as my needs were increasingly not being met.  So I can understand the concept of the relationship between temptation growing stronger in proportion to dissatisfaction in the relationship.