- SnakeLord -
All this quote does is show beyond any reasonable doubt that god does NOT love anyone.
"It keeps no record of wrongs"....
True God does not keep a record of wrongs, however God "does not delight in evil"... God hates sin, however he is a forgiving God, no matter how many times you sin, the point is we are all sinners.
If I have a big brain cancer tumor in my brain, and you have a very little spot of cancer on your skin, which one of us has cancer? Both of us.
God will still forgive you that is why God "keeps no record of wrongs", however as mentioned earlier as a sinner, man cannot enter heaven, he needs that ticket, being Jesus Christ.
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The fact that he was God
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Oh, it's a fact now is it? Prove it.
Sorry, agree completely with you on this, that is a fact for me.
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The fact that he was God and humbled himself to come down to earth to save us is a sacrifice.
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Sacrifice of what exactly?
What I meant here is, because (I believe) Jesus Christ is God, coming down to earth in the form of a human being would be degradation.
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Also Jesus Christ suffered on the cross being punished for our sins. This is sacrifice.
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Is it at all possible the romans didn't like him so they killed him? Pretty much the same way they did with many many other people?
No, the romans (Pilate being their Governor) did not find fault in him.
"29So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?"
30"If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."
31Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law."
32"But we have no right to execute anyone," the Jews objected. This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled.
33Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
34"Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?"
35"Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?"
36Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."
37"You are a king, then!" said Pilate.
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
38"What is truth?" Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him. 39But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release 'the king of the Jews'?"
40They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion." (John 18:29-40)
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"but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen." (Acts 10:40)
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Make up your bloody mind.... Either he is god, which you earlier claimed to be fact, and raised himself or he isnt god and god raised him. Which is it? And the point was not about how many days it took, i guess you missed that.
In this case God the Father raised him (God the Son: Jesus Christ) from the dead. God is God the Father, Jesus the son of God also called the Word of God, and the Holy Spirit or Counselor. These three are one.
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When
the soldier thrust a spear into Jesus' side, blood and water came
out indicating Jesus died with a broken heart.
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Actually that more than likely indicates the spear penetrated his bladder and he leaked piss all over his shoes.
Here a quote from "The case for Christ" by Lee Strobel
on that subject. This is a discussion with a medical professional who analyzed Jesus death.
" 'The spear apparently went through the right lung and into the heart, so when the spear was pulled out, some fluid -- the pericardial effusion and the pleural effusion -- came out. This would have the appearance of a clear fluid, like water, followed by a large volume of blood, as the eyewitness John described in his gospel.' "
The text from the bible is:
"Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. " (John 19:34)