THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT POST I HAVE DONE. IT DESCRIBES MY VERY CORE BELIEF ABOUT GOD. MANY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE IDEA THAT GOD REQUIRED HIS SON TO DIE. I ADMIT THIS IS AN ISSUE IF YOU SEE HIS DEATH IN TERMS OF SOME KIND OF PAYMENT THAT GOD REQUIRED IN ORDER TO SATISFY HIS WRATH AND JUSTICE AND THEN BE ABLE TO FORGIVE US. But the death of Jesus doesn’t need to be understood in these violent terms. There is another way of looking at it which is more in harmony with what the Bible says. First of all we need to remember that Jesus said “I lay down my life, no one takes it from me and I have the power to take it up again”. This means that as far as God is concerned the death of Jesus was not a murder on the part of God. The death of Jesus was “willed” by God but FREELY CHOSEN BY HIM as well. To be sure men MURDERED Jesus and God took this act and transformed it. SO DID JESUS REALLY HAVE TO DIE? DID GOD REQUIRE JESUS TO DIE? YES HE DID! IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE TESTIMONY OF THE APOSTLES THEN WE NEED TO CONCEDE THAT THE DEATH OF JESUS WAS PART OF GOD’S OVERALL PLAN. Acts 2:23; 4:26-28. WHY? To understand the death of Jesus we need to get a grip on God’s overall plan for humanity and then see how the Cross fits into this overall scheme. More soon …
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:03:17 +0000