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The best explaination I've read on why Jesus suffered for our sins
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C...@prayforme.com
Apr 26, 2012, 6:03:55 AM4/26/12
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1 Peter 2:24-25
(24) who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we,
having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you
were healed. (25) For you were like sheep going astray, but have now
returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
The most brutal example of divine justice is found in the New
Testament, not the Old. We see the most violent expression of God's
wrath and justice in the crucifixion of His own Son. If anybody had
room to complain that He was not being treated fairly, it was Jesus
Christ, who was not guilty of even one sin! He was the only innocent
person who ever lived, yet He suffered a horrible, cruel death. If we
were to become upset or offended at something that seems to be unjust,
this would be it.
The crucifixion, similar to the Flood, the casting out of the
Amorites, and so forth, is simultaneously the most just and the most
gracious act in history. It would have been absolutely diabolical of
God to punish Jesus if His Son had not first voluntarily taken on
Himself the sins of all the world. Even though He was innocent to that
point, once He took upon Himself that concentrated load of sin, He
became the most repugnant thing that ever existed on earth before God.
He became an obscene and accursed thing, and God executed His wrath.
He acted in total impartiality. God could not overlook sin, even when
it touched His Son.
Jesus Christ did this for us. Christ took the justice that was to fall
on us, and He paid for it with His priceless life. It is the "for us"
aspect that displays the majesty of the grace of God.
We cringe at God's justice because it is so unusual, since most of the
time He is so gracious. Human nature deceives us into taking it for
granted, but we need to keep it in mind because it just as integral to
His character.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Excerpted from:
Justice and Grace
http://www.cgg.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.listen/ID/187/format/MP3
http://www.theberean.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Home.showBerean/BereanID/7630/fbl/1/1-Peter-2-24-25.htm
(24) who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we,
having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you
were healed. (25) For you were like sheep going astray, but have now
returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
The most brutal example of divine justice is found in the New
Testament, not the Old. We see the most violent expression of God's
wrath and justice in the crucifixion of His own Son. If anybody had
room to complain that He was not being treated fairly, it was Jesus
Christ, who was not guilty of even one sin! He was the only innocent
person who ever lived, yet He suffered a horrible, cruel death. If we
were to become upset or offended at something that seems to be unjust,
this would be it.
The crucifixion, similar to the Flood, the casting out of the
Amorites, and so forth, is simultaneously the most just and the most
gracious act in history. It would have been absolutely diabolical of
God to punish Jesus if His Son had not first voluntarily taken on
Himself the sins of all the world. Even though He was innocent to that
point, once He took upon Himself that concentrated load of sin, He
became the most repugnant thing that ever existed on earth before God.
He became an obscene and accursed thing, and God executed His wrath.
He acted in total impartiality. God could not overlook sin, even when
it touched His Son.
Jesus Christ did this for us. Christ took the justice that was to fall
on us, and He paid for it with His priceless life. It is the "for us"
aspect that displays the majesty of the grace of God.
We cringe at God's justice because it is so unusual, since most of the
time He is so gracious. Human nature deceives us into taking it for
granted, but we need to keep it in mind because it just as integral to
His character.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Excerpted from:
Justice and Grace
http://www.cgg.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.listen/ID/187/format/MP3
http://www.theberean.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Home.showBerean/BereanID/7630/fbl/1/1-Peter-2-24-25.htm
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Martin Sheen
Apr 26, 2012, 12:18:43 PM4/26/12
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:03:55 -0400, "C...@PrayForMe.com" <C...@PrayForMe.com>
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> 1 Peter 2:24-25
> (24) who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we,
> having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you
> were healed. (25) For you were like sheep going astray, but have now
> returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
I would have preferred that Jesus would have been thrown into a volcano.
wrote:
> 1 Peter 2:24-25
> (24) who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we,
> having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you
> were healed. (25) For you were like sheep going astray, but have now
> returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
C...@prayforme.com
Apr 27, 2012, 6:02:20 AM4/27/12
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I think you know that, instinctively
linuxgal
Apr 27, 2012, 9:48:50 AM4/27/12
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sixty miles on a side, is about half caldera. Yellowstone rox.
RichTravsky
Apr 28, 2012, 10:52:13 PM4/28/12
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RT
RichTravsky
Apr 28, 2012, 10:53:54 PM4/28/12
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"C...@PrayForMe.com" wrote:
>
> 1 Peter 2:24-25
> (24) who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we,
> having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you
> were healed. (25) For you were like sheep going astray, but have now
> returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
>
>
> The most brutal example of divine justice is found in the New
> Testament, not the Old. We see the most violent expression of God's
> wrath and justice in the crucifixion of His own Son. If anybody had
> room to complain that He was not being treated fairly, it was Jesus
> Christ, who was not guilty of even one sin! He was the only innocent
> person who ever lived, yet He suffered a horrible, cruel death. If we
> were to become upset or offended at something that seems to be unjust,
> this would be it.
Bullshit. The flood myth has this "god" brutally, horribly, SADISTICALLY
>
> 1 Peter 2:24-25
> (24) who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we,
> having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you
> were healed. (25) For you were like sheep going astray, but have now
> returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
>
>
> The most brutal example of divine justice is found in the New
> Testament, not the Old. We see the most violent expression of God's
> wrath and justice in the crucifixion of His own Son. If anybody had
> room to complain that He was not being treated fairly, it was Jesus
> Christ, who was not guilty of even one sin! He was the only innocent
> person who ever lived, yet He suffered a horrible, cruel death. If we
> were to become upset or offended at something that seems to be unjust,
> this would be it.
butchering every creature on the planet.
And plans to do it again.
RT
RichTravsky
May 3, 2012, 12:40:53 AM5/3/12
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