(June 20, 2015 at 10:38 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Did God not create the rules, according to you? And if not to satisfy himself, why did he send himself in Jesus form?
Becca-
The death of Jesus upon the cross does "satisfy" the justice of God which requires reparation for the offenses committed against him, but it also demonstrates the mercy of God which desires that we be re-united with Him in a loving relationship. God's perfect justice and perfect mercy are united at the cross of Jesus.
Paul expressed it this way:
23 for all [of us] have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
