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1 | What do you think? | Luke 23:34 | Searcher56 | 17209 | ||
Bill Mc, I believe Jesus stopped being God on the cross, because He became sin for us (2Cor 5:21). God is perfect - without sin (Matt 5:48). Jesus was sinless (1Jhn 3:4-5). Also, God is immortal (1Tim 1:17). Up to that point He was God and could forgive sins, without asking the Father. He did know He was the perfect sacrifice for all sins for all time. Remember, Stephen also forgave those who were killing him (Acts 7:60). Steve |
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2 | What do you think? | Luke 23:34 | sparow | 17279 | ||
Jesus..... stopped being God, that is not possible, as Jesus said, if you have seen me you have seen the Father. God does not lie, God remains the same, always.... It isn't so difficult to understand Jesus "taking our sins" if you view it from different eyes. If at anytime, one has ever felt the pain, the fear, the heartbreak, or even the shame of another person, then you know that this can be a phisical reality. These things that are not of yourself, can be felt in the body... it is simply a matter of to what degree one is spiritualy aware of others, the degree we are willing to accept it. Mothers are very adapt at this sort of thing, Now if we, as pitiful as we are in comparison to Jesus, are capable of this, then it really isn't that much of a leap to understand how Jesus was capable of it. He bore the sins, I know at times that I have felt the physical heaviness in my chest from the shame alone of anothers sin, and the the physical ache of someonelse broken heart. And mind you these are just byproducts of sin, sin causes pain, if it didn't none of us would try so hard to be rid of it. Bring to mind a sin you are guilty of, that you haven't given to Jesus, or recall how painful one was to you before you did take it to him. Did not this sin create a physical sensation within you.... Jesus did take these sins, and it did create a physical sensation, he wept, he wept tears of blood. He came in physical form, willingly, and he was given by his Father willingly... for our salvation. Just because Jesus ask his Father to forgive them, because they know not what they do , doesn't mean that he stopped being God, or that he was unable to forgive these sins himself.. it just means that he had this conversation with his father.... no where does he imply his lack of diety. Jesus is still petitioning his father on our behalf, this began at the cross... |
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