(June 10, 2013 at 5:32 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote:(June 10, 2013 at 4:38 pm)Godschild Wrote: The Roman soldiers who crucified people were experts at their jobs, they would have never allowed Jesus off that cross if they did not know He was dead. It would have cost them their lives, it is told to us that when the spear was run through His side a mix of blood and water poured out, Jesus had bleed out and pouring out bodily fluids. Again the Romans were proficient at crucifying people, they would break the legs of those still alive after a certain amount of time so they would suffocate shortly after that. They did not do that to Jesus, as prophecy foretold, they knew He was dead.
I asked this in another thread. Maybe slightly off-topic here but I would really like an answer:
Ok, please explain this to me. If I commit the ultimate sin of not believing in jesus, I will be cast into hell and tortured for eternity.
However, jesus, who took on the sins of all mankind, was crucified, dead for three days, then rose and now sits at the right hand of god.
So how does this work? I go to hell forever for my sins but my sins were forgiven by a guy who had a really bad hangover for a couple of days?
No you will not be tortured in hell, so you're wrong on that point, but yes hell will be your chosen eternal destination.
You are correct to say, Jesus took on your sins, yet they are not forgiven until you accept Christ as your Savior and Lord, no one's sin is forgiven until they accept Christ for who He is and what He did for them. There's nothing hard here to understand, it was made simple to understand.
Think it was just a bad hangover and I assume you know what a hangover is, try being crucified and let me know about half way through, oh you need to be beaten within a literal inch of your life before hand.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.