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1 | why does god require sacrafices | Rom 6:23 | eromrab | 117460 | ||
Tara, when the heavens and earth were made, they were made with certain rules. a such rule would be the rule of gravity. though i'm sure the law of gravity is much deeper scientifically, we'll just go with the basic meaning that objects are drawn towards the center of an object (such as: water and people are drawn towards the center of the earth. Also, how planets are drawn towards the sun). so, knowing this law of gravity exists, we see how the water collects at the lowest points on the earth... it fills the oceans, rivers, lakes, etc. without this law, the functioning of the earth would not work... at least not in the way that it does... but yet, even though this law exists, God reached down and "interjected" between the waters of the Red Sea to allow His people to walk safely through, and then allowed the waters to come in on the enemies of His people. the law of sin functions much the same... it was founded at the beginning of Creation and states that if we sin, we shall die (Gen 2:16). luckily, similar to Moses's situation, God "interjected" through His Son Jesus so that we could pass safely through, but allows the law of sin to take effect on those who have rejected Him. The law of sin is noticeable and has been called karma by many other pagan religions... but it goes much further than just a physical and earthly punishment... it's the eternal punishment that we all deserve but which God has given us grace to avoid. Also, God has not changed at all from the Old and New Testaments (Mal 3:6)... our standing before Him has. before the sacrifice of jesus we had no right to even call on His name... but now, because of Jesus, we can enter boldly into His presence (Heb 4:16). In the Old testament, we were seen by God as the sinful creatures that we are... but as 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, we are new creations... When we accept the sacrifice of Jesus we are clothed in Him (Gal 3:27)... covered in Him (Rom 4:7)... we are now seen as Him... as perfect, righteous, and without blemish (Eph 5:27)... that is why God seems different... because of our standing before Him. Praise be to Jesus! Doug |
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