(June 4, 2013 at 7:36 pm)Zarith Wrote: So the next time someone says something like "Christ died for our sins" I should tell them they are wrong? I should explain to them that he died for no reason, but was resurrected for our sins? And that if he had died of, say, pneumonia, nothing much would be different?
Zarith...it all has to do with "reconciliation". Repairing the disconnect between man and God.
If you think about it long enough it does make sense!
We died of our free-will at God's hands. God (as Jesus) died of His free-will at our hands.
When God makes a statement like this: "If you sin you will surely die." Death and sin became one in that statement. He can't go back on His Word. He has to find a way to remedy it.
The remedy was for Him to die. The ONE WITHOUT SIN. This opened the door for sinners. Because DEATH WAS ONLY MEANT FOR SINNERS! He died to destroy sin and death!
So, NOW... God can circumvent (for explanation purposes) His condemation...IF we want to live! Thus the question in Words: "Do you believe Christ died for your sins?"
And all this was for LOVE of His creation. And we have to want His Love to benefit! Death in the spiritual sense has been destroyed. But we all still need to go through it in the physical sense.
Quis ut Deus?
