Was it wrong for Jesus to die?
Was it wrong for Jesus to die?
Response to comment [from other]: "Death isn't good or bad, it just is."
Death of an
innocent man? Ac 2:36
"Do you think it's wrong when anyone
dies?"
We die because we are sinners (Heb 4:15). Jesus wasn't just anyone (1 Pe 1:19, 2 Co 5:18, 21).
Response to comment [from other]:
Is throwing
puppies off a bridge a good thing or
a bad thing?
Is
this man throwing his daughter off a
bridge a
good thing or a bad thing?
Death is bad (1 Co 15:26).
Even God asks a questions once in a
while. Why will you die the second
death? Ezek. 33:11
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: [Was it Wrong for Jesus to Die?] "No, it part of his job."
God owed you
something? Eze 18:20. No, God could
rightly send you to hell number 1 on
Satan, Inc. (TOL Heretics list)
in the "The 'Jesus is not God'
people (Non-trinitarians) category.
He could rightly do the same to me.
God owes us nothing. The angels get
it. Anyone who rebels against God
should go to hell. It's his grace
they don't get. 2 Pet. 2:4, 1 Pet.
1:12.
"He's dead. You're dog-meat, pal!" ~
Hudson, Aliens
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Jesus no doubt knew full well what the game was when John the Baptist was killed by Herod."
Everyone came
to Herod's birthday party.
His revelries and orgies were all
the rage.
John the Baptist was alone in
prison. He died speaking the truth
(Mt 14:4).
"He lived alone in the desert...He
spoke out against a local ruler...He
spent his last days in a dungeon. He
got his head chopped off as a party
favor...and that was the end of him.
That's his life--the greatest man
ever." ~ Darrell Ferguson, The
Greatest Child Ever Born
See:
The Kingdom Responses: A King and a
Prophet
(right click, open) by Jeff
Schwarzentraub
"He was killed by the powers and principalities of the world."
That's what
they do to those religious folks
(Eccl 10:2, Jn 10:10).
"Crucify him! Crucify him!" Jn
15:20.
[Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries]
"This is a question I have been
asking people who attend various
churches but only a few have been
able to give the right answer from
Scripture. Most will say, "Because
He loved us." It is true that was
His motivation for dying, but it
does not explain why He had to die.
Some will say "He died to forgive
us." Then I will ask, "Why couldn't
He just forgive us without dying?"
It is because His holy law demands
death as the punishment for sin
(Rom. 6:23). "The soul who sins
shall die" (Ez. 18:4). The sinless
Savior went to the cross to die as a
substitute for sinners who deserve
the death penalty for their sins.
Divine justice had to be satisfied
because our holy and righteous Judge
in heaven must punish every sin that
has been, and ever will ever be,
committed. There is not one sin that
will ever go unpunished. Any judge
who pardons law-breakers by letting
the guilty go free is not a
righteous judge.
Jesus was born to die. "The Son of
Man came...to give his life as a
ransom for many" (Mark 10:45). He
was delivered up to be crucified
according to the definite plan and
foreknowledge of God (Acts 2:23).
This was to demonstrate His
righteousness so that he might be
just and the justifier of the one
who has faith in Jesus (Rom. 3:26).
Since God's laws were broken and His
justice was provoked, it had to be
satisfied by Christ before divine
forgiveness could be applied to
sinners. Dying as a substitute for
sinners, the Lord Jesus paid the
eternal debt for sin. He satisfied
the demands of justice while
appeasing God's wrath so that He
could extend mercy and grace to
those who trust Him. God's perfect
Son satisfied divine justice when
"God made Him (Christ), who knew no
sin, to be sin" for those who would
trust Him (2 Cor. 5:21). He
cancelled the record of debt that
stood against us with its legal
demands (Col. 2:14).
For those who die having rejected
the Lord Jesus Christ as their
Savior, divine justice will be
satisfied in the eternal fires of
hell. Since all sin is committed
against an infinitely holy and
majestic God, the punishment must be
infinite. Therefore, the wrath of
God is poured out in an everlasting
fire. No tears can quench the flame
of God's anger. Unrepentant sinners
will be in the fiery furnace
forever. There is no escape because
God is "a consuming fire" (Heb.
12:29). He "feels indignation every
day" toward the wicked because He
has "hated wickedness" (Ps. 7:11;
45:7). Anyone who rejects God's only
provision for their sin is choosing
to suffer God's eternal wrath.
Tragically, there are many who
stubbornly refuse to seek wisdom
from God's Word. "Whoever trusts in
his own mind is a fool, but he who
walks in wisdom will be delivered"
(Prov. 28:26). Christ Jesus, is not
only "wisdom from God, but
righteousness and sanctification and
redemption" to those who trust Him
(1 Cor. 1:30)."There is therefore
now no condemnation for those who
are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1).
What a glorious Savior!" Pro-Gospel.org
