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1 | why would God allow his son to die fo us | John 3:16 | shael | 137807 | ||
I was asked these questions at work and was wondering if i could get some insight. Why would God allow his son to die for us. Is this not wrong, allowing someone to kill another for any reason. How could God allow this to happen to his own son. Is this not murder. What makes you think he will protect you if he wouldn't protect his own son. This lady that asked these questions does not belive there is a god she believes in evolution. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks | ||||||
2 | why would God allow his son to die fo us | John 3:16 | Hank | 137808 | ||
shael - If your friend is an atheist, one wonders why she bothers to ask questions about the God whose existence she denies. Some verses that may help to guide your thinking are as follows: John 10:30; 14:9,10; Micah 5:2; John 5:23; Col. 2:9. ..... God did not murder His Son! Jesus' death was voluntary, vicarious, substitutionary, propitiatory, and redemptive. Read carefully John 10:15; Romans 3:24,25; 5:8 and 1 Peter 2:24. ..... You might consider suggesting to your skeptic friend the works of C. S. Lewis, paricularly "Surprised by Joy" and "Mere Christianity," and Josh McDowell's "The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict." These gentlemen are distinguished apologists for the Christian faith, and their message is made all the more remarkable and compelling because of something they have in common. Lewis and McDowell were once atheists. --Hank | ||||||
3 | why would God allow his son to die fo us | John 3:16 | Ray | 137812 | ||
Hi Hank, Good answer as usual. God has the power to change people. I might offer an additional Scripture reference that speaks to the questions like "What makes you think he will protect you if he wouldn't protect his own son?" Here is a good reply to that. Romans 8:31, "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?" From the heart, Ray |
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4 | why would God allow his son to die fo us | John 3:16 | Hank | 137816 | ||
Good verses, Ray. You know, oddly enough, the two atheists that I have known personally were lawyers; and, believe it or not, two of the strongest Christian believers I've known were also lawyers! I've never been able to understand atheists. I've talked to these two atheistic lawyers (both now deceased) so many times, and they would talk about God (the God who they avowed doesn't exist) in detail and sometimes as intimately as if He were in the next room or sitting out in the back yard. One of them said to me one time, "Why should I worship God? He hasn't done anything for me." I've always thought it singuarly odd that this man spoke so surely about God's not doing anything for him when he didn't believe there was a God. ...... On another occasion one of these self-proclaimed athesists told me that he didn't have faith, that he didn't believe in anything unless he could see it and touch it with his own hands. I asked him whether he had ever seen God and touched Him with his own hands, and he of course said that he never had. "So you can't prove that He exists," I said. "That's right," he replied. "But neither can you prove that He doesn't exist," I countered, "so you must accept on faith that there is no God. We both walk by faith then, you that God doesn't exist and I that He does. But I think it takes more faith to believe that God doesn't exist than it does to believe that He exists. It's far easier for me to explain my existence and the existence of this universe than it is for you." But, sad to say, so far as I know, neither of my lawyer friends ever came to a saving faith in Christ. --Hank | ||||||