Christians claim, God sent Jesus to die.
Well, If God did so, then He supposed to be please with his death, and the
ones who killed him, Did He?
Christians claim, God sent Jesus to die.
Thanks Eric H for another interpretation of the sacrifice. We can now add to the definition that its not actually the death its the resurrection is where the meaning is held.
My question still stand: was the death of Jesus pleasing to God or not?
My question still stand: was the death of Jesus pleasing to God or not?
Makes it seem like God committed suicide... and suicide is a sin right?
Jesus is quoted in the New Testament as saying that 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,' in St. John.
Greetings and peace be with you Oleander;
I am not sure I have heard That God was pleased about the death of Jesus, maybe Grace Seeker can comment. It has been called a Holy and Perfect Sacrifice, it was predestined. Jesus obeys God, but he does it by his choice, he was not forced to
John 10
17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."
In the spirit of praying to a loving and forgiving God
Eric
I'm not sure how that addresses it.
God is Jesus
Jesus was a man
Jesus was killed.
God controls all things.
God killed himself.
God committed suicide.
^^ interesting a great love for a man to lay his life for a friend but it doesn't answer really does the death of a God please God-- is God dying for his friends?
The more you quote your bible the more confounding and perplexing really.. how do you justify it to yourself?
Anyhow I think such a loving God who was willing to self-immolate for his pals shouldn't care really if some don't buy into all the nonsense as there is no greater love than what he has done, from suicide to abrogating his OT commandments through his nemesis saul!
all the best
The whole dogma will never have any logic to it. Don't try to understand it, any logical thinking mind never will. Now the Believers of this concept will reply with comments that will try to substaniate it, but at the end it will still be illogical.
It's not suicide to lay down your life to save others. That's called sacrifice. Like, if I lay down my life to protect my wife whose being assaulted, and I show up just in time and whatnot.
that's not what he's saying. would you kill yourself to save your wife?
I die, but she escapes and lives on. Sacrifice is different from suicide.
but we're talking about suicide! God should be the Supreme Being, thus only He would have the power to take his own life
And to answer the question, yes it did please the Father. The Bible says that Christ's death was a sweet smelling savor to God the Father, and Isaiah 53 says that it pleased the Lord to bruise him.
does it say in Isaiah 53 "it pleased the Lord to bruise himself?
Why did a Muslims even start this thread?
According to your Quran GOD caused Jesus to die and was raised him up to himself. Why cause the one perfect sinless man on earth to die for no benefit?
Yes, GOD lovingly sacrificed His WORD incarnate for us.
Is GOD happy that He had to because of our sin- No.
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