how can Jesus be god if he was killed?.?
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What does one question have to do with the other?  Jesus laid down His life willing for our sins.  The mortal body of Jesus did die on the cross, yet the Spirit of the one true God was never corrupted or died.  Check the book of John.
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well Jesus was nailed and hanged from a cross so I don't know how the cross would be good if it was used to kill someone, semantics my friend that's all!!!
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If god had no beginning or no end . . . how can he be Jesus . . . \n\nIn heaven - Jesus was created . . . (beginning)\nOn Earth - Jesus was born . . . (another beginning)\nOn Earth - Jesus died . . . (end)\nIn heaven - Jesus was supposedly resurrected (another beginning).\n\nJesus is no God . . . plus I proved it dozen of times . . . using your own bibles.
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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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Why Did Jesus Have To Suffer And Die?\n \nTwo primary qualities of God help us understand why Jesus Christ had to suffer and die in order to redeem mankind. First, God is righteous. Thus His justice demands that a penalty for sin be paid. As Kenyon writes:\n\nGod cannot ignore the fact of man’s hideous transgression. That transgression must be punished, and if man is restored to God, it must be upon grounds that will not pauperize man nor rob him of his self respect; but it must be upon legal grounds that will perfectly justify man in the sight of God... \n\nSecond, God is love. Thus, in His grace and mercy, He decreed that the penalty for sin could be paid by a substitute, providing that the substitute be sinless. God wanted, and mankind needed, a man who:\n\n...met the demands, first, of the heart of Deity for a perfect human who would do His will; second, He met the demands of fallen man in that as a man He met the Devil and conquered him in honorable open combat. [2]\n\nBecause of the magnitude of Adam’s sin and its reverberating ramifications, only the death penalty would satisfy true justice. Hebrews 9:22 says that “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness [of sin].” In the Old Testament, it was the death of unblemished “stand-in” lambs and other animals that God allowed to temporarily cover His people’s sins (Hebrews 10:1-14). These sacrifices were foreshadows, or types, of the coming Redeemer, Jesus Christ. He is the true “Lamb of God” whose blood was shed to take away the sin of the world (John 1:29).\n\nHebrews 9:14\nHow much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!\n\nAs we have stated, Jesus Christ was the only man who was “without spot or blemish,” both genetically and behaviorally. As such, only He could qualify to offer His life as the payment for the sin and sins of mankind. The suffering and death of Jesus Christ was part of God’s plan to make available salvation to all mankind.\n\nHebrews 9:27-28\n(27) Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,\n(28) So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.\n\nWhat the blood of bulls and goats could do only temporarily for Israel in the Old Testament, the blood of Jesus has done once and for all for everyone who believes in Him. He bore our sins in his own body on the cross (1 Peter 2:24). By His freedom of will He gave up His life for us. He willingly endured the pain of the cross and death for all men. We must understand, however, that it was not God who was responsible for Jesus’ death. Note the following verses:\n\n1 Corinthians 2:7-8\n(7) No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.\n(8) None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.\n\nThe “rulers of this age” are Satan and his evil-spirit sidekicks (the disobedient angels that were cast down to earth with him). God’s Word plainly says that it is the Devil who was responsible for killing Jesus Christ.\n\nOnce the dominion of the world was given to Satan, and mankind was ruined by sin, God has had to ask people to step into harm’s way so that His redemptive purposes could be accomplished. Jesus Christ is the chief example of this, and there are many others (see Hebrews 11). Jesus suffered so that those who believe on Him can one day have peace and joy forever, and a taste of it even in this life. In Jesus, we see the epitome of the redemptive value of suffering, a subject we will discuss later.\n\nHebrews 5:7-9 (Moffatt)\nIn the days of his flesh, with bitter cries and tears, he offered prayers and supplications to Him who
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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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Funny I was Christian for many years, and the concept of Jesus and God were the same just never made common sense.  If God wanted to do something, why not just do it?  Why limit himself to human form?  Further more in the Christian belief, if Jesus was God, why in the world would He let himself be tortured and crucified to a cross?  No not to save everyone from their own sins.  If that were true everyone before Jesus would be condemned to Hell.  Not to mention that is a too easy answer to give yourself permission to sin all you want because Jesus died to wipe out your sins.  According to this, all felons, become Christian you will not be held accountable for your sins in front of God, because God (Jesus) died to wipe your sins away.
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Jesus, although perfect, was not God himself.  Jesus is the son of God, the first thing created by God. (See Hebrews 1:15)  The idea that Jesus is God, or the idea of the trinity, was introduced hundreds of years after Jesus' death as a human.\n\nIt is clear from Jesus' words and actions that he did not claim to be God or even equal to God.  For instance, he prayed to God while on earth (see Matthew 26:39) and he stated that God is greater than he is (see John 14:28).\n\nExodus 33:20 says that no person can see God and live.  This is not because of God's lack of sin, but rather because of his glory and brilliance.  Think of it...if God created all things, even such things containing as much energy as the sun, what would it be like to see God?  As stated in Exodus, we would not survive the experience.\n\nAs 1 Timothy 2:5 says, Jesus is the Mediator between humans and God.  Therefore, humans may address God directly in prayer.  However, it should be done so in Jesus' name, acknowledging him as our mediator.
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Why would it?\n\nAccording to general Christian doctrine, "God" came to earth for the sole & exclusive purpose of committing suicide. After which, he miraculously regained life, thereby negating his own "death."\n\nJudas was just another minor character playing his role in the Jesus drama. Christian theology is so full of holes & contradictions, those who choose to believe it do so on faith, not facts.
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Jesus was telling his people that he was teaching the true spiritual way to God.\nAnd also saying that the religion had been corrupt, listen to what he teaches and follow his example in life.\nNot to think he was a GOD!! That would be a sin.\nNot sure if anyone remembers but he was on a quest to go back and follow the old ways.\nHe was trying to teach people the old ways, and you all screwed it up!
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jesus died so u can too
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Jesus died for no one.\nHis was a natural death\nPursuing his mission in search of the lost sheep of the house of Israel\nDo some more research'Visit this website:-\nhttp://tombofjesus.com/home.htm
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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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a person who did what he did.... how can he ever become a real christian? this would take a miracle first, and then, perhaps, everything else would be possible, including realizing the evil he did... and luckily, God forgives more than humans...
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Jesus was not only "divine" but was ans is Deity Incarnate.\n\nMany have claimed that they are Christ, or that they are "god".\n\nJesus died (delivered for our offences) and was raised the third day (for our justification) and He, though dead, now is Alive forevermore.\n\nAfter His Resurrection, "he showed himself alive by many infallible proofs".\n\nWhile He as on earth, as the Bible records, "and many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, the which are not written in this book, but these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God ... and that by believing you may have Life in His name."
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It is God's character to be sinless.  He cannot sin or else He would not be God.  The reason that Christ died on the cross was for our sins.  He was the perfect sacrifice.  No one else was, or could ever be, a sacrifice for our sins because everyone one else has a sinful nature.  God is quick to forgive us because He keeps all His promises.  He tells us, for example, in John 1:9 that if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.  The Bible also tells us that He is not willing that any of us should perish.  We can truly be eternally thankful that He does just what He says He will do--He keeps all His promises to us.
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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.